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Topdogji Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"I have been informed that there is a delay with my order"--> is this sentence correct?

Hello, everyone.

I would like to ask if "I have been informed that there is a delay with my order" is a correct sentence. I have used the form "have been informed that" because most of officers(Korean, Germany, Chinese..) who work with me use this form

But one of my friend saw this sentence when I was writing an e-mail and said the passive form couldn't have an object "that".

So I tried to search "have been informed that" on google and I found plenty of sentences used with "have been informed that"

I already have searched this sentence on this site but I didn't find anything about it. Please let me know the right answer, good teachers here!

Thank you!
  

Top answer

I think it is not only correct, but also probably preferable over some other form.

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I think it is not only correct, but also probably preferable over some other form.
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There is nothing wrong with the sentence, but the phrase: "I have been informed that" is a tad wordy. Why not simply say, "There has been a delay in my order." Obviously you've been informed, or you wouldn't know there has been a delay.
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I was just informed that the order for Hooton ( 4286-117x) will need more time, due to delay in production.

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