Tip 63. Translating okazać się/okazywać się.
Which option is NOT possible here?
Our next step should be to send the debtor a final call for payment, demanding payment within five days. If the letter __________ ineffective, we will file a claim against him for the outstanding amount plus statutory interest.
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'To appear to be' means 'to look like', to seem to be. It concerns how things look but not how things really are.
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'Is' is correct in that it conveys the same meaning as 'proves to be' or 'turns out to be'.
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The most formal of the three correct options.
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The most natural – i.e. conversational – of the options. You can use this in all but formal correspondence.
