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Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer
Are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "letter" in the following sentence to add the meaning that each letter was different in content?
1. "We sent a letter each to our customers."
Similarly, are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "book" or "representative" in the following sentences to add the meaning that these books are different from one another or the representatives are different from one another?
2. I sent a book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a representative each to its customers.
Last edited by Snappy; 30-Jan-2010 at 13:31.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
Snappy
Are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "letter" in the following sentence to add the meaning that each letter was different in content?
1. "We sent a letter each to our customers."
Similarly, are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "book" or "representative" in the following sentences to add the meaning that these books are different from one another or the representatives are different from one another?
2. I sent a book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a representative each to its customers.
***NOT A TEACHER***Maybe: (1) We sent a personalized letter each to our customers. (2) I sent a distinct book each to Tom and Bill.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
Snappy
Are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "letter" in the following sentence to add the meaning that each letter was different in content?
1. "We sent a personal letter to each of our customers
."
Similarly, are there any suitable adjectives that I can use before "book" or "representative" in the following sentences to add the meaning that these books are different from one another or the representatives are different from one another?
2. I sent a dissimilar book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a separate representative to each of its customers.
You can try these words. May be better suggections may come from others.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
sarat_106
You can try these words. May be better suggections may come from others.
Thank you.
Are these adjectives interchangeable or is there an interchangeable adjective that I can use in those cases?
For example, can I replace "pesonal," "dissimilar," and "separate" with the adjective "different" or "individual" as follows?:
1. We sent a different (or an individual) letter to each of our customers.
2. I sent a different (or an individual) book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a different (or an individual) representative to each of its customers.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
Snappy
Thank you.
Are these adjectives interchangeable or is there an interchangeable adjective that I can use in those cases?
For example, can I replace "pesonal," "dissimilar," and "separate" with the adjective "different" or "individual" as follows?:
1. We sent a different (or an individual) letter to each of our customers.
2. I sent a different (or an individual) book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a different (or an individual) representative to each of its customers.
I think ‘different’ can go with 2 and 3 but not with 1. I would consider the suggestion by Theparser as the best for 1. ‘Individual’ may mean different but it is usually used in relation to single, separate person or thing; as:
We deal with each case on an individual basis.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer
Where are our respectivists?
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
Snappy
Thank you.
Are these adjectives interchangeable or is there an interchangeable adjective that I can use in those cases?
For example, can I replace "pesonal," "dissimilar," and "separate" with the adjective "different" or "individual" as follows?:
1. We sent a different (or an individual) letter to each of our customers.
2. I sent a different (or an individual) book each to Tom and Bill.
3. The company sent a different (or an individual) representative to each of its customers.
***NOT A TEACHER***How about: We sent an individually tailored/worded letter to each of our customers. How about: We sent a customized letter to each of our customers. (customized = suited to a particular individual.)
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer

Originally Posted by
TheParser
(1) We sent a personalized letter each to our customers.
This is the best answer, in my opinion.
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Re: Suitable adjectives to make sentences clearer
[QUOTE=TheParser;560141]***NOT A TEACHER***Maybe: (1) We sent a personalized letter each to our customers.

Originally Posted by
Raymott
This is the best answer, in my opinion.
I agree, you could also say: "We sent a personalised letter to each of our customers".
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