T TheShadow Member Joined Feb 16, 2011 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Dutch Home Country Belgium Current Location Belgium May 16, 2012 #1 Hi, "The phone is currently sold out, a new stock has been ordered and should be in soon" Thanks
T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 16, 2012 #2 TheShadow said: Hi, "The phone is currently sold out; a new stock has been ordered and should be in soon" Thanks Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** I think that in writing, your sentence is fine -- if you use the semicolon that I have added to your sentence. In speech, you might want to say: The phone is currently sold out, but a new stock has been ordered and should be in soon.
TheShadow said: Hi, "The phone is currently sold out; a new stock has been ordered and should be in soon" Thanks Click to expand... ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** I think that in writing, your sentence is fine -- if you use the semicolon that I have added to your sentence. In speech, you might want to say: The phone is currently sold out, but a new stock has been ordered and should be in soon.
S SoothingDave Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 17, 2012 #3 "Stock" sounds odd to me. "A new supply" sounds better to me. Or just "...more have been ordered..."
