I'm a foreigner and I haven't a question.
"They asked a quality certificate of printer which we don't have"
what does the above word mean? 1 or 2?
1, they asked a printer quality certificate, but we doesn't produce printer, how do we have a printer quality certificate?
2, they asked a printer quality certificate, we do produce printer, but we haven't a quality certificate of it.
if 1 is correct, please tell me how to express 2 in the same sentence, if 2 is correct, please also tell me how to express 1 in the same sentence.
thank you, I hope i can learn English soon from you.
2007-03-15 20:49:05 · 7 answers · asked by coner_in 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well, you're asking for a clarification of an incorrect sentence.
I'm pretty sure what they're refering to is that. (A) is asking (B) to give him the quality certificate of a certain printer. (B) doesn't have that printer, so he obviously doesn't have the certificate either. Since (B) doesn't have the printer, hence no certificate, he has no certificate to give to (A)
so, I think you're answer (1) is right
2007-03-15 20:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is what you are trying to say.
I'm a foreigner and I haven't got a question.
"They asked me to have a high quality certificate of a printer, which we don't have"
what does the above sentence mean? 1 or 2?
1, they asked me to produce a printer quality certificate, but we don’t have one, how do we get one?
2, they asked for a printer quality certificate, we do produce one, but we haven't got any one of it.
I think this might help you to post your question again
2007-03-15 22:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by elaine.patton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your English is a little fuzzy on that sentence, it's hard for me to be sure exactly which it is that you don't have, the printer or the certificate, but I THINK the correct sentence would be:
"They asked for the quality certificate of a printer that we do not have."
That would mean that answer number one would be correct. You don't have the printer, so of course you don't have the certificate.
Either that, or:
"They asked for the quality certificate of the printer, but we do not have the certificate."
In this case, answer number two would be correct. You DO have the printer, but you do not have the certificate.
2007-03-15 20:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is 1.
To mean 2, it would have to be written as follows:
They asked a printer quality certificate of a printer, which we don't have.
2007-03-15 21:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sephora C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3. They asked for a quality certificate of printer, but we don't have it. Why? because .....
I can't tell u which one is correct, because that sentence didn't tell me who's the producer or manufacture for the printer.
2007-03-15 20:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's completely uncertain without reading their mind. Yes, the sentence is somewhat off in grammar but it wouldn't matter. This is sometimes done in English if the meaning is already known to the other person but otherwise we would have to ask too.
2007-03-15 21:15:23 · answer #6 · answered by Savalatte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a difficult one for English and non-English speaker alike.
2007-03-15 20:52:08 · answer #7 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋