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Subject:RE: will or is From:"Jenny Igoe" <jenny -at- fgm -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:17:18 -0400
> Originally the sentence read: If selected, income contained in Section V
of the 1003
> will not be included in the 833 request file, and subsequently will not be
returned
> in the credit report. This could be desirable in no income verification
loans.
>
> The QC department wants to change will not to is not in both instances.
> Are they grammatically correct?
I prefer "will not" in both instances, but I think "is not" would only be
wrong in the second instance.
My $0.02. :-)
--Jenny
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Jenny Igoe
Technical Writer
FGM, Inc.
Dulles, VA
www.fgm.com
