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our culture and communication style

English translation: our communication style and culture

12:01 May 27, 2017
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English term or phrase: our culture and communication style
Hi English colleagues :)
The text is about the results of an employee survey and I need help with this sentence:

"The results show that we must work on **our culture and communication style**."

Does the word "style" here just refer to "communication" or also to "culture"?
Thank you in advance.
Eleonora_P
Italy
Local time: 10:46
Selected answer:our communication style and culture
Explanation:
Style, here, only relates to communication, not to culture. Think about it: does "culture style" make any sense?

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Note added at 6 hrs (2017-05-27 18:35:46 GMT)
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Perhaps I should have explained that I changed the word order simply to illustrate that "style" only applied to "communication", not to culture. It's better the original way around.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 10:46
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3our communication style and culture
B D Finch
1 +1our culture and style of communication / our culture of communication and the style thereof
Jacek Kloskowski


  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
our communication style and culture


Explanation:
Style, here, only relates to communication, not to culture. Think about it: does "culture style" make any sense?

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Note added at 6 hrs (2017-05-27 18:35:46 GMT)
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Perhaps I should have explained that I changed the word order simply to illustrate that "style" only applied to "communication", not to culture. It's better the original way around.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 10:46
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 192
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arabic & More
1 hr
  -> Thanks Amel
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tina
neutral  writeaway: or culture should be cultural in which case it does make sense /I think it's a distinct possibility. Or culture is being misused as an adjective.
2 hrs
  -> I don't think so.// Organisational culture (a noun) is what it seems to be about.
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil
neutral  AllegroTrans: 'our culture' works as standalone
4 hrs
  -> See added note above. Of course it does, but "communication style" is a specific aspect of organisational culture.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
our culture and style of communication / our culture of communication and the style thereof


Explanation:
of course we do not need to "work on culture", but to be better understood, we may need to improve our "culture of communication" and "the style thereof"

:)

Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 04:46
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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