She is about to enter into a long term agreement.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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She is about to enter (into) a long term agreement.

  • do we need to include “into” inthis sentence?

Please specify the date to / to be the end of the month.

  • do we use “to” or “to be”? Or, what should it be?

Do we say “company policies” or “company’s policies”? If it is the latter, why is “corporate policies” ususlly used?

Quarter to date, our costs are 40 millions.

  • can we use “quarter to date” like that?

Thanks

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She is about to enter into a long term agreement.

  • do we need to include “into” inthis sentence?– Yes. This is the specific use of ‘enter into’

Please specify the date as / to be the end of the month.

Do we say “company policies” or “company’s policies”?– Either is possible. If it is the latter, why is “corporate policies” always used?-- Because ‘corporate’ is an adjective, while ‘company’ is a noun.

Quarter to date, our costs are $40 million.

  • can we use “quarter to date” like that? – Yes, it seems reasonable if not common.