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I have put a tender for external suppliers to provide cleaning services for my building and conduct a monthly fire inspection. All suppliers are required to put through applications and submissions why they are preferred supplier and I am required to make decision to whom:

[1 decision] - outsource the cleaning job

[2nd decision] to decide who will give the job for the monthly fire inspections.

At the end of the process, I am required to issue reasons for our decisions or reasons for decision to all suppliers who do not win the jobs.

[Assuming i have to write more that one reasons and it comprised of two decisions, one the cleaning and second the monthly fire inspection]

Which one is grammatically correct "reasons for our decisions or reasons for decision? Thanks

1/12/212:38 AM

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Gustavo, ContributorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

@Cristi posted:
Which one is grammatically correct "reasons for our decisions or reasons for decision? Thanks

You should say: "reasons for our decisions."

"Reason for decision" is not grammatical.

CristiMember

Why is not grammatical by saying Reason for decision?

Gustavo, ContributorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

@Cristi posted:
Why is not grammatical by saying Reason for decision?

Because "decision" is a count noun and requires an article or some other determiner.

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