Timeline for Do we need to add a comma before "as"
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| Feb 17, 2019 at 23:24 | comment | added | remarkl | BTW, "I am writing to inform you that..." is always wasted verbiage. Not only does it waste everyone's time, it has an opportunity cost, squandering the chance to start with a real mood-setter, such as "sadly, "unfortunately," or the more melodramatic "To my great disappointment,". | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 23:01 | answer | added | JeremyC | timeline score: -1 | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 19:52 | comment | added | Zan700 | @remarkl I am writing to inform you that I "will" not "be" able to attend the course from 19 February, as my new "shift hours coincide (or overlap)" with the course hours. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 18:23 | comment | added | WS2 | @FumbleFingers I guess what I'm saying is that we don't know what sentence(s) have preceded this. But there are circumstances where "would" would seem perfectly appropriate. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:55 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @WS2: That one's a bit more "ambiguous" - would can seem natural because it matches preceding could, implying the whole situation is only "tentative / hypothetical". But following as = because still argues for will not (or more likely won't). My choice there would probably be affected by whether we're talking about the one and only date on which I might go somewhere, or a series of events, some of which I might not attend. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:54 | comment | added | remarkl | Yes, I go for the comma. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:19 | comment | added | WS2 | @FumbleFingers Equally you "would not" if something else of inconvenience were true. Let's say this chap has been told that they can't decide whether to run the course from 19 Jan or 19 Feb, and does he have a preference? He replies saying "I could attend in January, but "I would not be able to attend from 19 Feb as my shift patterns are changing". | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:11 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @WS2: I'd say that something would normally be the case if something else were also true, not as / because of something else. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:09 | comment | added | WS2 | @FumbleFingers Can it be said that "would" is incorrect if we are unaware of the full context? Let's suppose "I am writing to inform you that (whilst I could attend if it began in January) I would not be able to attend the course from 19 February..." | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:08 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Ooops! just realized that in context, the whole point is that the new shift timings clash with the course timings ("matching" would only normally be used where there's some kind of desirable relationship - which apparently isn't the case here, since it's preventing you from attending. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 16:03 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Personally, I think ...are a good fit with or ...fit in [well] with... would be better than match here. But that's a really fine detail of style - there's nothing particularly wrong with your phrasing there. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 15:44 | comment | added | Jayanth | @remarkl, so you suggest to go for comma before as? | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 15:38 | comment | added | remarkl | Without the comma, the "as" would be read as "in the role of," e.g., "...attend the course as an auditor." Context rescues the meaning, but context should be a last resort where there is no benefit of brevity to be achieved by relying on it. I think "work schedule conflicts with the course hours" would be more idiomatic than what you have written. And I second FumbleFingers on "will" vs. "would," unless a real possibility exists that the course hours will be changed. In that case, you are telling the prof. why those hours should be changed, rather than why you will not be attending. | |
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| Feb 17, 2019 at 15:20 | comment | added | Jayanth | @FumbleFingers, thank you.Duly noted. is there a better word for "match" in this scenario...I think match does not fit in. | |
| Feb 17, 2019 at 15:07 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Strictly speaking you should include the comma, but what marks the text out as "sub-standard" to me isn't that "missing" comma anyway. It's the use of [hypothetical?] would rather than will. | |
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