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Old 08-03-2005, 12:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
Padmehum
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Dear Darek,

It seems like a classic case of mixing up and splitting up one meaning into two (slightly flawed) sentences. As far as I can gather you wish to direct your aim at XYZ.
Although you direct a message to somebody or someone to a place, your aim and intentions are directed at.
So, eventhough it's the best sounding option, I would consider this incorrect:
"Our offer is directed to companies from telecommunication...
- " not 'to' but 'at'
- no 'from' ("of" is possible but not used)
- and telecommunications I generally come across in the plural
So try this: Our offer is directed at telecommunications companies

"To aim at" goes more with target groups. And you may well be trying to express this, but it is usuallyconnoted with products and marketing strategies (not offers per se).
It is very easy to jumble jargon - and even done by careless native speakers. So I don't know if they were specifically "Polishisms" on that site of yours, but I think you were right to feel uneasy about their suggestions.
Hopefully (a lot remains context dependent and I had to think long and hard to respond adequately to you!) this is of some help,
yours P.Hum.
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