Acknowledge receipt

文法冇錯, 但係漏左 "of", i.e.

The parcel was acknowledged receipt of by Sam.

2010-03-17 10:10:26 補充：
... depending on 你想表達乜野﹐ passive voice 都無問題。

2010-03-18 10:07:35 補充：
e.g.
Sam ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF the parcel.
RECEIPT OF THE PARCEL was acknowledged by Sam.
The parcel was ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF by Sam.

The parcel was acknowledged receipt by Sam.

文法有冇錯 ??.

我認為文法上有錯。但因為acknowledge receipt這兩個字太流行了,所以很多人都會這樣説,當習慣語句用。

試看另一例句:
The patient was certified dead on arrival. dead 是形容詞,而上面receipt 是名詞。那就説明前例句文法是不對的。

這不是文法問題, 而是英文常用法問題, 我還真未聽過這樣用passive voice的, 應該用active voice.

Sam acknowledged receipt of the parcel.

如果你想間接的話, 可以這樣說

It was Sam who acknowledged receipt of the parcel.

為何不直接表達如下 ?

Sam acknowledged receipt of the parcel.

The parcel was acknowledged received by Sam.