Foodmakers Focusing On Liquid Products For Elderly

Nikkei.com published an article on June 23, 2009, titled: Foodmakers Focusing on Liquid Products for Elderly.¹ This article was used in a class topic today. Here is a list of questions and suggested corrections for the class:

Original version:

- What type of flavor do you want, if you need to drink such liquid products?

Suggested version:

- What flavor would you like if you needed to drink such liquid products?

Notes:

A. The phrase "type of flavor" is redundant. The term "flavor" is enough.
B. The conditional question using "if" needs to include "would" instead of "do."
C. In a conditional question, I suggest using "would you prefer" or "would you like" instead of "would you want."

Original version:

-If you require nursing care, are you interest in more flavor options?

Suggested version:

- If you required nursing care, would you be interested in more flavors?

Notes:

A: The phrase "flavor options" seems redundant. Just "more flavors" is sufficient.
B. The second conditional question referring to a future event that uses "if" needs to have the verb "require" in the past subjunctive.

More details regarding the conditional sentence can be found at Wikipedia² and Section 5.114 Mood in chapter 5 of the Chicago Manual of Style.³

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1. Nikkei.com: http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/ac/TNKS/Nni20090623DA3J6231.htm
2. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence
3. The Chicago Manual of Style Online (subscription required): http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ch05/ch05_sec114.html

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