I have just received a request from management

[jasonkhlim]

Hi guys.
Which one seems more correct?
1. ''I have just received a request from management department to conduct a survey on customers satisfaction in our services.''

2. ''I have just received a request to conduct a survey on customers satisfaction in our services from management department.''

Is ''from management department'' an adverbial phrase? An adverbial phrase should always be placed at the end of a sentence, right?

 

[emsr2d2]

Jasonkhlim, you will notice that I have changed your thread title to make it relevant to the contents of your post. Titles like "sentence structure" are useless. Thread titles should include some/all of the words/phrases you are querying.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think 'a request from the management department' is correct because the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective modifying 'request'.

 

[jasonkhlim]

Jasonkhlim, you will notice that I have changed your thread title to make it relevant to the contents of your post. Titles like "sentence structure" are useless. Thread titles should include some/all of the words/phrases you are querying.

Ok, noted. Thank you.

 

[jasonkhlim]

I think 'a request from the management department' is correct because the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective modifying 'request'.

Yeah, I agree with your statement.
Do you mean that ''from management department'' functions as an adjective, which is modifying ''request''?
Then what about ''to conduct a survey on customers satisfaction''?

 

[teechar]

I have just received a request from management to conduct a survey to gauge customer satisfaction with our services.
Note that "management department" would be highly unnatural; no company has a "management department."

 

[jasonkhlim]

Note that "management department" would be highly unnatural; no company has a "management department."

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Barb_D]

An adverbial phrase should always be placed at the end of a sentence, right?

Please forget that you ever learned this. It's entirely wrong.

A request from management to survey customers on their satisfaction with the services they receive.
A request to survey customers on their satisfaction with the services they receive from management.

In the first, the request is from management.
In the second, they services are performed my management.
You see how completely different they are?

 

[Barb_D]

Again, please continue any further discussion here: https://www.englishforums.com/English/AdjectiveAndAdverbial/bjkjkb/post.htm

There is little point in engaging two sets of English experts in the same question.

 

[jasonkhlim]

Again, please continue any further discussion here: https://www.englishforums.com/English/AdjectiveAndAdverbial/bjkjkb/post.htm

There is little point in engaging two sets of English experts in the same question.

I just wanted to know other opinions from different forums. Anyway, noted.

 

[Tdol]

I think 'a request from the management department' is correct because the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective modifying 'request'.

Companies organise themselves along lines different from grammar- I have never come across one with a management department.