Dec 2, 2003 11:05
21 yrs ago
English term
we are that...
Non-PRO
English
Other
Rules of an Australian refuge:
We are that residents not smoke at the front verandah area due to security risks.
Does "we are that..." mean anything? It seems something is missing here.
We are that residents not smoke at the front verandah area due to security risks.
Does "we are that..." mean anything? It seems something is missing here.
Responses
| 5 +17 | We ASK that ... |
Rowan Morrell
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| 5 +4 | ask |
jerrie
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| 5 +3 | something missing |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | we are the (very) residents who arenot to smoke... |
Ghodrat Hassani
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Responses
+17
6 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
&
English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
227
Selected
We ASK that ...
This is a typo (a very bad one) for "We ASK that residents do not smoke etc.".
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Note added at 7 mins (2003-12-02 11:13:31 GMT)
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A better wording might be:
\"For safety reasons, residents are asked/requested not to smoke on the front verandah\".
I think they mean \"safety\" rather than \"security\" - smoking on the verandah may cause some sort of fire hazard or something.
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Note added at 7 mins (2003-12-02 11:13:31 GMT)
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A better wording might be:
\"For safety reasons, residents are asked/requested not to smoke on the front verandah\".
I think they mean \"safety\" rather than \"security\" - smoking on the verandah may cause some sort of fire hazard or something.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Precisely! The client confirmed. Thank you!"
+3
2 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
1174
something missing
such as "insistent" that ...
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2003-12-02 11:08:17 GMT)
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Could this be a poor translation from another language?
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2003-12-02 11:08:17 GMT)
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Could this be a poor translation from another language?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
airmailrpl
: adamant
1 hr
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thank you, airmailrpl - Mike :)
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| agree |
Fuad Yahya
6 hrs
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thank you, Fuad - Mike :)
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| agree |
Catherine Norton
1 day 10 hrs
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+4
7 mins
ask
We ask that residents do not smoke...(seems the closest to 'are' as a typo)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
1 hr
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| agree |
Stefanie Sendelbach
1 hr
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| agree |
Pippin Michelli
3 hrs
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| agree |
Pnina
5 hrs
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1 day 15 mins
Ghodrat Hassani
Iran
Iran
Iran
Trustworthy, Meticulous, Accessible,
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
we are the (very) residents who arenot to smoke...
The sentence seems to have an emphatic purpose,given its structure.The tone of the sentence intends to imply that the aforementioned residents are underprivileged.
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