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Please advise me if the following sentences are correct. Thank you.

We have received a complaint from a customer, expressing his dissatisfaction about the presence of uneven floor at the no.3 squash court, which, however, did undergo an repair work last month. To ensure our clubhouse safety, your urgent assistance in re-examining the uneven floor is sought.

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We have received a complaint from a customer about the the uneven floor at the no.3 squash court, which was repaired last month. For safety reasons please urgently re-examine the floor.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Tes yeux noirs，thank you for your correction.

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@chowbarry,

A customer expresses his dissatisfaction about the uneven floor of squash court no.3, which however had undergone repair last month. To ensure our clubhouse safety we urgently seek your assistance

This of course assumes it's not not the recipient who made last month's repair. However if that's the case Chow, and if it makes any difference, please let us know

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For safety reasons please urgently re-examine the floor.

Tes is wrong here Doesn't happen often, Tes) as it suggests your urgency during the exam

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Well, Dale, in the finance department where I am an accountant, we are always writing things like "Please urgently check the figures on payment schedule 2267". The urgency applies to the end result and all actions that I wish to happen to bring that about.

Sometimes we write "Please, as a matter of urgency, [do whatever]".

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@dalehileman,

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it suggests your urgency during the exam

No. It covers the whole sequence: before (scheduling a check as soon as possible), during (check briskly) and after (take necessary action at once).

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@Tes yeux noirs,

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your urgent assistance

seems to be all or mainly yours

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Please, as a matter of urgency, [do whatever]

gives much better impression of whole sequence

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman, thank you for your advice.

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@chowbarry,

Quite welcome Chow, however into guesswork

However technical correct Tes, I still maintain that the original construction implies you as the urgent one

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For safety reasons please urgently re-examine the floor.

Tes is wrong here Doesn't happen often, Tes) as it suggests your urgency during the exam

To me, the sentence obviously, clearly and unambiguously means that the sender is asking the recipient to urgently (at once, without delay) re-examine the floor.

Not sure what 'your urgency' is supposed to mean in your above remark.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

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asking the recipient to urgently

Yes Tes that's precisely my point. However in your #......152 above
you imply urgency all around

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@dalehileman,

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However in your #......152 above
you imply urgency all around

I don't see that at all. I wrote: "in the finance department where I am an accountant, we are always writing things like "Please urgently check the figures on payment schedule 2267". The urgency applies to the end result and all actions that I wish to happen to bring that about."

In that post I described how I might phrase a request to someone to do something urgently. Please explain how I implied urgency 'all round' (whatever that means).

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@Tes yeux noirs,

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Please explain how I implied urgency 'all round'

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and all actions that I wish to happen

I apologize Tes most profusely for apparently misunderstanding

We niggle over nothing

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so for the safety reasons

Okay Tut but I wouldn'ta used the "the"

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@dalehileman,

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We niggle over nothing

Meanwhile the floor is still uneven, I bet!

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Betcha

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@dalehileman,

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@cicerone imposter,

Thanks Cis for the link. I for one find it remarkable that gambling was considered immoral and was discouraged by officialdom until it was discovered as a fine way to stuff Gov't Coffers

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@dalehileman,

Going out for lunch now, and gonna buy a couple lotto tickets - and dream. ha ha ha....

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@cicerone imposter,

Cis thank you on behalf of Uncle Sam

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