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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Meaning of "delivery or attempts"
Could anyone please help me understand the meaning of ""delivery or attempts" in the following sentence: "GPS will provide another verification of delivery or attempts." The sentence is mentioned in a description of GPS-enabled vehicles. Thank you in advance. Suyash >Could anyone please help me understand the meaning of ""delivery or >attempts" in the following sentence: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Thank you in advance. I assume that these are vehicles used for delivering parcels or other items. "Delivery" means handing the item to the person to whom it is addressed. "Attempt" is an attempted delivery. If there is no one at the address to receive the item then the delivery person will have attempted to deliver the item but will not have actually delivered it. The GPS device records the route travelled by the vehicle and also records where and when it stops. So if the record shows that the vehicle stopped at a particular address for a number of minutes then that is treated as a record of a delivery or attempted delivery.  SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) On Apr 30, 3:08 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:49:22 -0700 (PDT), Suyash > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Peter Duncanson, UK > (in alt.usage.english) Thank you, Peter. > >Could anyone please help me understand the meaning of ""delivery or > >attempts" in the following sentence: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I assume that these are vehicles used for delivering parcels or other > items. Suyashi, it would help if you provided more context in your questions. It shouldn't be necessary for responders to make assumptions about the context. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email |
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