War chest

Status
Not open for further replies.

Bassim

VIP Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2008
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Bosnian
Home Country
Bosnia Herzegovina
Current Location
Sweden
I've tried to use "war chest" in my sentence. Have I made any mistakes?

A local Green party constantly struggles with funds, and its war chest is hardly sufficient for the campaign for the upcoming election.
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
No mistakes.
 

teechar

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Feb 18, 2015
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
English
Home Country
Iraq
Current Location
Iraq
Why did you capitalize "green"? Also, did you purposefully use the present simple for "struggle"?
 

Bassim

VIP Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2008
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Bosnian
Home Country
Bosnia Herzegovina
Current Location
Sweden
I capitalised "green" believing that was the name of the party, and it should be capitalised, but probably I made a mistake.
I used purposefully the present simple.
 

teechar

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Feb 18, 2015
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
English
Home Country
Iraq
Current Location
Iraq
How about the following?
"The local green party is constantly struggling with funds ..."
 

Tarheel

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 16, 2014
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
It seems that they are always in need of money.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top