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vlenin66  
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 More options 9 Oct, 09:40
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From: vlenin66 <vleni...@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 01:40:30 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri 9 Oct 2009 09:40
Subject: 2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?
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1. Your obstetrician has conformed to this certificate of receipt.

2. The board of directors has postponed the general meeting of
shareholders further to some unexpected incidents

Do the above sentences makes sense? Are they grammatically correct? In
which situation would they be used?

Thanks in advance.


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Clive  
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 More options 9 Oct, 15:36
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From: Clive <clive-nore...@englishforums.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:36:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: 2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?
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 Hi,
1. Your obstetrician has conformed to this certificate of
 receipt.
I have no idea what this means. Try to say it some other
 way.

2. The board of directors has postponed the general meeting
 of shareholders, further to some unexpected incidents.
Used in a
 business context, obviously.

Best wishes, Clive

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vlenin66  
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 More options 9 Oct, 16:51
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From: vlenin66 <vleni...@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:51:53 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri 9 Oct 2009 16:51
Subject: Re: 2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?
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On 9 Okt., 16:36, Clive <clive-nore...@englishforums.com> wrote:

>  Hi,
> 1. Your obstetrician has conformed to this certificate of
>  receipt.
> I have no idea what this means. Try to say it some other
>  way.

> 2. The board of directors has postponed the general meeting
>  of shareholders, further to some unexpected incidents.
> Used in a
>  business context, obviously.

> Best wishes, Clive

Thanks, Clive.

The sentences are from a translation contest. (English->Hungarian).
Is the second not erroneous and a due is missing before the "to"?
(instead of "further to" further due to"?

Thanks in advance.


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Einde O'Callaghan  
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 More options 11 Oct, 13:19
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From: Einde O'Callaghan <eind...@freenet.de>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:19:32 +0200
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Subject: Re: 2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?
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vlenin66 wrote:
> On 9 Okt., 16:36, Clive <clive-nore...@englishforums.com> wrote:
>>  Hi,
>> 1. Your obstetrician has conformed to this certificate of
>>  receipt.
>> I have no idea what this means. Try to say it some other
>>  way.

I also have no idea what this is supposed to mean as I have never heard
of a "certificate of receipt".

>> 2. The board of directors has postponed the general meeting
>>  of shareholders, further to some unexpected incidents.
>> Used in a
>>  business context, obviously.

>> Best wishes, Clive

> Thanks, Clive.

> The sentences are from a translation contest. (English->Hungarian).
> Is the second not erroneous and a due is missing before the "to"?
> (instead of "further to" further due to"?

"Further due to" is incorrect as is "further to" - only "due to" is
grammatically correct.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan


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vlenin66  
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 More options 11 Oct, 19:17
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From: vlenin66 <vleni...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:17:48 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: 2 English sentences- do they make sense and are they correct?
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> "Further due to" is incorrect as is "further to" - only "due to" is
> grammatically correct.

> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

Thanks a million for both answers. Great help for me. :-)

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