To ask for a defective merchandise to be refunded

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Lilyhan

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To ask for a defective merchandise to be refunded
 

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No. It's not a sentence. It doesn't end with a punctuation mark. And "merchandise" is not countable.
 

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What if I change this sentence like this
To ask for defective merchandise to be refunded.
Is it still gramatically incorrect?
 

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... and there is no finite verb.
 

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Is this sentence correct or not?

To ask for a defective merchandise to be refunded

Welcome to the forum, Lilyhan. :)

I've changed your thread title. Titles should contain some or all of the words/phrases you're asking about.
 

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There is still no finite verb.
 
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In addition to the points already made, it's not the merchandise that might be refunded but the purchase price. Also, since merchandise is uncountable it can't take an indefinite article.
 
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