P permm Banned Joined Oct 22, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Oct 22, 2012 #1 Is it correct English to write "to perform a promise" or "to fulfil a task"?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Oct 22, 2012 #2 Welcome to the forums, permm:-D. You can make, break or keep a promise; you can't perform one. You can fulfil a task. Rover
Welcome to the forums, permm:-D. You can make, break or keep a promise; you can't perform one. You can fulfil a task. Rover
P permm Banned Thread starter Joined Oct 22, 2012 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Oct 22, 2012 #3 I found this on google: books.google.com/books?id=EDntUBHE3a8C&pg=PT775&lpg=PT775&dq=%22per formance+of+promises%22&source=bl&ots=qrKKtAszUf&s ig=MNoGgJ6qa8H3fRoJDOWyGybXcdI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4qWEU KaYEaauiALo54CIDg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA "In this respect, however, that law of nature, concerning the performance of promises, is only comprized along with the rest." Is it old English?
I found this on google: books.google.com/books?id=EDntUBHE3a8C&pg=PT775&lpg=PT775&dq=%22per formance+of+promises%22&source=bl&ots=qrKKtAszUf&s ig=MNoGgJ6qa8H3fRoJDOWyGybXcdI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4qWEU KaYEaauiALo54CIDg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA "In this respect, however, that law of nature, concerning the performance of promises, is only comprized along with the rest." Is it old English?
charliedeut VIP Member Joined Oct 19, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Spanish Home Country Spain Current Location Spain Oct 22, 2012 #4 The link leads nowhere (at least in my part of the world).
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Oct 22, 2012 #5 charliedeut said: The link leads nowhere (at least in my part of the world). Click to expand... The quotation is from a work by David Hume, a Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 - hardly someone we can use as a model for saying what is acceptable in modern English. Thread now closed - it was started by a clone of a banned user. Last edited: Oct 22, 2012
charliedeut said: The link leads nowhere (at least in my part of the world). Click to expand... The quotation is from a work by David Hume, a Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 - hardly someone we can use as a model for saying what is acceptable in modern English. Thread now closed - it was started by a clone of a banned user.