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  2. the history/ history [definite article] - WordReference Forums

    forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-history-history-definite-article.3673438

    Roxxxannne said: Without the definite article, it means that according to a general, indefinite collection of knowledge about the company's past. Ah I see!! History without the definite article is a collection of knowledge about the company's past here. This helps a lot..I have misunderstood for quite a long time.

  3. give birth to a company | WordReference Forums

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    English (Ireland) Jan 21, 2011. #7. If the meaning is that company A and company B actually become one unified company, then I agree with boozer - using merged together/was born is better as it actually makes this clearer. If, however, moving company A and company B led to the establishment of company C (and there are now three companies), don ...

  4. A history of XX years - WordReference Forums

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    Cantonese. Apr 17, 2013. #1. I'm writing this sentence: The company has a history of promoting XXX for more than 10 years. I'm wondering if I should change it to: The company has a history of more than 10 years of promoting XXX. I simply can't tell whether either has (or doesn't have) grammatical mistakes. Both sound a bit awkward to me.

  5. entrare nella storia - WordReference Forums

    forum.wordreference.com/threads/entrare-nella-storia.1516509

    I need to translate this phrase too and I was thinking of something like "to go down in history" - any comments? My context is a producer of bigiotteria who has worked with great names in fashion. My sentence is: Tra i diversi produttori di calzature con cui abbiamo collaborato vogliamo citare la "XX" con cui abbiamo realizzato scarpe e stivali ...

  6. 50 years in the same company | WordReference Forums

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    by Waste Management on Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:40pm. CAMPBELLTON, Fla. – It has been said of Gayle Marshall that she treats her job like it’s her own business. And, on the occasion of her 50th anniversary with Waste Management, almost anyone would say that she does, in some sense, own a piece of the company’s history.

  7. origin of "more's the pity" - WordReference Forums

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    The original direct speech would probably have been: 'My father told him, "No, very little company, the more's the pity".'. 'The more's the pity' means 'for that reason, the pity of it is all the greater'. 'The pity of it' means 'the sadness of the situation'. To make the sense of ' (the) more's the pity' fully explicit:

  8. Pronunciation: Velux - WordReference Forums

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    The phonetics of each and every language - once the company starts marketing its product internationally -will interfere, and native speakers themselves, as we have seen, will not stick to a unique way of pronouncing the name in question. Or, the company can give different names to its product range in different countries.

  9. "recorder" and "secretary" in a company - WordReference Forums

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    Norwegian. May 7, 2018. #1. Hello. Does anyone know the meaning of the terms "recorder" and "secretary" in this context? The colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s. A man working for the Virginia Company is being referred to as "recorder" (i.e. "You'll go to the recorder and transfer the land - or the law will have the final say in the matter ...

  10. company's profile / company profile (possessive) - WordReference...

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    Further, profile would probably have to be pluralized, but there might be a context that would not require it. #1 and #2 are similar, with slight differences in shade of meaning. Company profile is an expression formed by two nouns. Company's profile is an outright possessive form. A company profile can be created.

  11. company who/which ..... - WordReference Forums

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    Senior Member. UK. English - England. Feb 11, 2016. #9. "Company who" is OK. In technical terms, a company is a "legal entity": all entities may be addressed as "who" although this practice is rarer where a non-human entity is the object rather than the subject. The matter is complicated by the way "company" is viewed.