Older address.

[tufguy]

If I have two addresses on file with my insurance company one is the old one and the other one is a new address. Is it correct to say "Remove the older one" or "Replace the old one with the new one"? Is it correct to say "Older address"?

 

[tedmc]

Your first sentence is ungrammatical.

Just say "use the new address". If you refer to one as "older address", it implies that both addresses are old though to different extents.

 

[tedmc]

The first sentence isn't exactly ungrammatical in my opinion. It's just two sentences joined into one. Tufguy, can you figure out where the full stop should go?

I think it would have been grammatical without the "If" in front.

 

[probus]

I have removed my incorrect reply. But Tufguy, even without the initial if your first sentence is still a run-on. It needs a full stop to break it into two sentences. Do you see where the full stop should go?

 

[Tdol]

You could call it your earlier/former address.

 

[tufguy]

I have removed my incorrect reply. But Tufguy, even without the initial if your first sentence is still a run-on. It needs a full stop to break it into two sentences. Do you see where the full stop should go?

If I have two addresses on file with my insurance company. One is the old one and the other one is a new address.

Have I used the full stop at the right place now in the first sentence?

 

[tufguy]

Your first sentence is ungrammatical.

Just say "use the new address". If you refer to one as "older address", it implies that both addresses are old though to different extents.

Sorry, I don't understand.

 

[GoesStation]

[STRIKE]If[/STRIKE] I have two addresses on file with my insurance company. One is the old one and the other one is a new address.

Have I used the full stop at the right place now in the first sentence?

Yes.

 

[tedmc]

Sorry, I don't understand.

Just say "old address" and "new address". Do not say "older" as it implies both are old addresses.

I have two addresses on file with my insurance company. One is [STRIKE]the [/STRIKE]an old [STRIKE]one [/STRIKE] address and the other one is a new [STRIKE]address[/STRIKE] one.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's unnecessarily wordy.

There are two addresses on my insurance file. Please use the current one [and delete the old one].

 

[Tdol]

Is the old address still valid? Do you have two addresses?

 

[tufguy]

Is the old address still valid? Do you have two addresses?

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the old address still valid? Do you have two addresses?

Yes.

If both addresses are still valid, you still need to tell the insurance company which one you want them to use to communicate with you.

 

[Tdol]

Please send communication to xxx address.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

[STRIKE]If[/STRIKE] I have two addresses on file with my insurance company. One is older than the other. Is it correct to say "Remove the older one" or "Replace the old one with the new one"? Is it correct to say "Older address"?

Using old or older might confuse them. Name what you want them to remove and keep.

Example: Please remove 1313 Wistful Vista from my file. My current address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

 

[GoesStation]

And don't open the closet at the McGees' house down the road.

 

[canadalynx]

If I have two addresses on file with my insurance company one is the old one and the other one is a new address. Is it correct to say "Remove the older one" or "Replace the old one with the new one"? Is it correct to say "Older address"?

1. Do you need to speak English with the insurer?
2. You can always ask the insurer for confirmation if he or she understood your request.
3. Remove and replace don't have the same meaning.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And don't open the closet at the McGees' house down the road.

Yes, because that McGee is a Fibber!