Sky1941 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"In question" usage
Hello,
English is my second language and I use it everyday at my work. I wanted to check if I’m using the adjective “in question” properly.
I receive a ticket from a user then I need to take that ticket number and process it and give it a number. After that, I need to send an e-mail to a group to further process the request, this is the body of the e-mail that I send, keep in mind that the title is the task number which they need in order to access it:
____________________________________
Dear Gents,
Please provide the user in question with VPN access.
Regards,
____________________________________
Now, one of that group is accusing me of misusing the “in question” here. Please tell me if I’m using it correctly or not.
Thank you.
English is my second language and I use it everyday at my work. I wanted to check if I’m using the adjective “in question” properly.
I receive a ticket from a user then I need to take that ticket number and process it and give it a number. After that, I need to send an e-mail to a group to further process the request, this is the body of the e-mail that I send, keep in mind that the title is the task number which they need in order to access it:
____________________________________
Dear Gents,
Please provide the user in question with VPN access.
Regards,
____________________________________
Now, one of that group is accusing me of misusing the “in question” here. Please tell me if I’m using it correctly or not.
Thank you.
Top answer
Well, I understand what you are trying to say, but 'in question' does not seem the most appropriate, since the user is not really under discussion (i n question = under consideration; in dispute ). I think the safest approach is ' please provide the user of ticket #. '.
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Well, I understand what you are trying to say, but 'in question' does not seem the most appropriate, since the user is not really under discussion (in question = under consideration; in dispute). I think the safest approach is 'please provide the user of ticket #...'.
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