Aug 28, 2007 22:32
16 yrs ago
English term
Poland
*multiple* award-winning national databases
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Marketing
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He has generated ***multiple*** award-winning national databases on organizations, and uses the databases to assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices and human resource competencies.
Multiple awards or multiple databases?
Multiple awards or multiple databases?
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| 5 +7 | databases |
Alexander Demyanov
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| 5 +4 | Multiple databases ... |
Jackie Bowman
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| 5 | multiple award |
ErichEko ⟹⭐
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+7
2 mins
Alexander Demyanov
Works in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
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28
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databases
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That is, the way it's written suggests "multiple databases". As Jackie Bowman notes, the wording isn't the best. Given that, it's possible that English isn't the author's native language, and with that, G-d knows what the author might mean.
A better way for it to mean "multiple databases" would be something like "a number of organizational databases he created, received awards".
I wouldn't be too surprised, however, if in fact the author meant "he received a number of awards for creating many organizational databases..."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-29 00:54:43 GMT)
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That is, the way it's written suggests "multiple databases". As Jackie Bowman notes, the wording isn't the best. Given that, it's possible that English isn't the author's native language, and with that, G-d knows what the author might mean.
A better way for it to mean "multiple databases" would be something like "a number of organizational databases he created, received awards".
I wouldn't be too surprised, however, if in fact the author meant "he received a number of awards for creating many organizational databases..."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+4
11 mins
Multiple databases ...
... and it's wrong. The writer means "several", not "multiple".
This is not a matter of differences between American English and British English. It's a matter of what is right. The writer is misunderstanding the meaning of "multiple". Corrected, his mistake means "several".
This is not a matter of differences between American English and British English. It's a matter of what is right. The writer is misunderstanding the meaning of "multiple". Corrected, his mistake means "several".
Peer comment(s):
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Lubosh Hanuska
: ...this is a good point as well. Although I have to admit modern English favours "multiple" - it just has a better marketing ring to it :-)
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Cheers, webguru
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Alexandra Tussing
2 hrs
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Thanks, Rus
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David Knowles
: Yes - several. It doesn't mean one database got two or more awards. Definitely marketing speak.
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Gracias, David.`
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Ken Cox
: If you assume the writer knew what (s)he was doing with the hyphenation (a risky assumption these days), this is the proper interpretation, and I agree with the above comments regarding 'multiple' versus 'several'.
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Indeed. A woman might have a "multiple birth". But only someone with an attenuated grasp of English has "multiple" children. In AmE, this particular bit of nonsense, like cockroaches, is spreading faster than you can stamp it out.
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4 hrs
ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Indonesia
Works in field
Indonesia
Legal, Marketing, Biz, Software, Games
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia) 
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
multiple award
The man built several, even many, databases. This is pretty clear as he generated national databases on ORGANIZATIONS. A single organization needs several databases, let alone ORGANIZATIONS.
So, the writer pointed to the fact of how good the man was at his work. His database design was regarded worth winning many awards, multiple awards.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-08-29 02:53:34 GMT)
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Answer should be: multiple awardS
So, the writer pointed to the fact of how good the man was at his work. His database design was regarded worth winning many awards, multiple awards.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-08-29 02:53:34 GMT)
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Answer should be: multiple awardS
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