Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challenge

[GoodTaste]

Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challenge

Tsai Ing-wen (President of the Republic of China) tweeted:

"Amid a limited global supply of vaccines, I'm grateful to our diplomats for working tirelessly under challenging circumstances to ensure the health of all #Taiwanese. Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challenge."

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Does "so we can overcome..." sound natural enough to you? It seems to me that it should have been "so that we can overcome...." I am not absolutely sure.

Plus, "overcome this challenge" does sound natural to me as well. It should be "meet this challenge" or "overcome this crisis." I am not very sure. What is your opinion?

(To simplify the question, assume that Twitter offers ample space for each tweet).

 

[jutfrank]

Re: Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challen

Yes, it's fine without that.

I'm personally not keen on the collocation of overcome this challenge but then I'm fussy with things like that.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challen

Does "so we can overcome..." sound natural enough to you?

Yes.

It seems to me that it should have been "so that we can overcome...." I am not absolutely sure.

That's fine, too.

Plus, "overcome this challenge" does not sound natural to me, either.

It's fine.

It should be "meet this challenge" or "overcome this crisis." I am not very sure. What is your opinion?

You're making a good point. Those would be a little more accurate. But I don't think many people would find "overcome the challege" unnatural.

(To simplify the question, assume that Twitter offers ample space for each tweet).

Tsai Ing-wen (President of the Republic of China) tweeted:


Amid a limited global supply of vaccines, I'm grateful to our diplomats for working tirelessly under challenging circumstances to ensure the health of all #Taiwanese. Let’s stay united and support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challenge.

Obviously, I have a bigger problem with people who us an ampersand when "and" is called for.

I also hate the "tirelessly" cliche. People who work around the clock are certainly very tired. It's sort of insulting, if you think about it. Like, I'd do the work, too, but it would make me too darn tired. So I'll let those tireless people do it!

Using "challenge" and "challenging" that close together is also lazy. I think you should be the president!

That's what I know.

(Cross-post.)

 

[tedmc]

Re: Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challen

Both "so that" and "so" are used to mean the same thing.

We are more used to saying "face challenges" and "overcome problems" but they are often used interchangeably.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: Let’s stay united & support our frontline workers so we can overcome this challen

GoodTaste, please note that I moved the quote and source to the top of the thread. Please do that yourself in future.