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English term or phrase:

thereto (in this context)

English answer:

by not +ing

Added to glossary by amj_services (X)
Jul 2, 2007 17:35
16 yrs ago
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English term

thereto

English Social Sciences Linguistics grammar question
Case Study to be published in English-speaking country.
I'm doing the revision but would like to check some grammar with you ...

Option 1:
"Costs related to centralized systems can be reduced on a long-term basis by avoiding the construction of an urban sewage system and its connection thereto."

Option 2:
"Costs related to centralized systems can be reduced on a long-term basis by avoiding the construction of and the connection to an urban sewage system."

Which one do you prefer and why? Or can you propose a better alternative?

Please all explanations in English...

Thanks for your time!
Responses
3 +3 door #2
4 +3 ...by not having to construct or connect up an urban sewerage system.
Change log

Jul 3, 2007 08:20: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "\'thereto\' (language question, in this context)" to "thereto" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Linguistics"

Jul 3, 2007 09:01: amj_services (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/112968">amj_services (X)'s</a> old entry - "thereto (in this context)"" to ""by not contructing an urban sewerage system""

Discussion

amj_services (X) (asker) Jul 3, 2007:
Thanks so much for your time!!

Responses

+3
19 mins
English term (edited): 'thereto' (language question, in this context)
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door #2

Speaking from the USA, go with #2, avoid 'thereto' unless you are a lawyer.

My thought.

Or another way:

Centralized systems costs can be reduced over the long term by not constructing an urban sewage system.

If you do not build the system, you need not connect to it, so drop it.
Peer comment(s):
agree Penny Hewson (X) : or you could add "and therefore any connection to it"
24 mins
agree Robert Fox
30 mins
agree Els Spin : I would go for option 2. (Besides 'thereto' being rather lawyerish, in option 1 it is unclear what is connected to what.) :-)
6 hrs
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+3
54 mins
English term (edited): 'thereto' (language question, in this context)

...by not having to construct or connect up an urban sewerage system.

Another simplified version (assuming this is not a document requiring such legal gibberish as "thereto").
By the way, it's a sewerage system, not a sewage system. Sewage is what flows through it.
Peer comment(s):
agree Ken Cox : or 'sewer system' in the US, and in no case the first option ( 'its connection thereto' means (if anything) 'its connection to itself' in this context)\\yeah, it could be, but it's a fair leap
1 hr
Thank you. I took it to mean to the centralized system, but it is not at all clear.
agree Craig Meulen : Yes, sewerage system.
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
3 hrs
Thank you.
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