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Closure or closing?
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zvonka.rink
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Closure or closing?
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Dear colleagues,
I have tests to assess and I have a dilemma. Are both words in the following sentence correct or not?
-When large profits fail to materialize it can often result in the business facing CLOSURE -CLOSING soon after New Year.
I know the noun CLOSURE is OK, however, I �m not sure whether it is natural to use the gerund CLOSING. Can you help me, please?
Thank you.
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28 Apr 2014
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yanogator
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"Closing" is definitely grammatically correct, but it doesn �t sound quite right to my native ears. We tend not to use two "-ing" forms together. We might say "the business being faced with closing", though.
Bruce |
28 Apr 2014
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