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windcolor

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" We can give them complete satisfaction."
I wonder if the above sentence may be rewritten in another way like the following:
" We enable them to be completely satisfied."

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Tdol

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I wouldn't bother- the second sentence doesn't work for me. ;-)
 
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Thanks for tdol ! But you can tell me why the second sentence doesn't work for you. I think that the second is right, isn't it?
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"We enable" is completely different from "we can give". You can't enable somebody to be satisfied.
 

Tdol

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I agree with what Ron said, plus the second sentence seems to bbe unnecessarily complex. ;-)
 
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