I'm writing a letter to the Premier of Ontario. I'm trying to write a sentence and apparently having difficulty with it. I was wondering if you could help out.
1. I pay taxes in various names.
2. I pay taxes of various names.
I meant to say that I pay various taxes that bear different names, such as income tax, property tax and whatnot.
I first wrote no.1 and thought paying taxes IN various names could mean I'm using different names for myself to pay taxes. No that's not what I intended... so I tried 'of' instead and it sounded ok. But here's the problem.
3. I pay huge sum of taxes in various names.
4. I pay huge sum of taxes of various names.
No.1 didn't sound quite right, but no.3 doesn't sound wrong at all. No.4 now sounds awkward.
What should I do??
