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    Default Tamper

    what means: 'not a good idea to tamper with marketing of a product'

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    Default Re: Tamper

    Please provide the context of this statement.
    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.

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    Default Re: Tamper

    Welcome to the forum, CoconutNata.

    You say in your profile that you are a native-speaking English teacher. I am surprised that you do not understand the words you posted.
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    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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    Default Re: Tamper

    Quote Originally Posted by CoconutNata View Post
    What does means: 'not a good idea to tamper with marketing of a product' mean?
    As BarbD said, we need to see the full sentence in which you saw this set of words.

    Please remember to start every sentence with a capital letter.
    Please remember to finish every sentence with the relevant punctuation mark (full stop, question mark, exclamation mark).
    Note that we say "What does [PHRASE] mean?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by emsr2d2 View Post
    Please remember to start every sentence with a capital letter.
    Please remember to finish every sentence with the relevant punctuation mark (full stop, question mark, exclamation mark).
    Note that we say "What does [PHRASE] mean?"
    All of which a native-speaking English teacher should know.
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    Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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    Default Re: Tamper

    Quote Originally Posted by 5jj View Post
    All of which a native-speaking English teacher should know.
    Indeed. I hadn't looked at the member profile before I replied.

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