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20:25 Feb 15, 2017 |
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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations / Rules for a Promotion | |||||
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4 +3 | award runner-up prizes on merit |
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3 +1 | to grant runner-up merit awards |
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to grant runner-up merit awards Explanation: " A Main Award of £100 and a runner-up Merit Award of £25 are usually..." http://www.rspsoc.org.uk/index.php/about-rspsoc/awards.html |
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award runner-up prizes on merit Explanation: The "accésits" are runner-up prizes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2017-02-15 20:32:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In this example, 'runner up' is not hyphenated: "The Foundation has always wanted to award runner up prizes but just haven't been able to financially.'" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2017-02-15 20:33:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- runner up -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2017-02-15 20:34:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on merit -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2017-02-16 15:56:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NB: British honours are awarded "on merit", for exceptional achievement or service. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11990088 The "honours" awarded by the Queen are supposedly the most coveted prizes in the UK (although I'd rather win the lottery myself!). Reference: http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&qu... |
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