a convenient time

[kritika]

Hello,

Is the following sentence correct?

Please tell me a convient time for our meeting.​

or should it be,

Please tell me when is a convient time for our meeting.
​

I checked google and did not get a match for the first one.

Thanks!

 

[Man_from_India]

The first sentence is correct. If you made a minor modification, it would have been better; though it's okay as it is.
Please tell me your convenient time for our meeting.
Your second sentence is not correct. You need to modify it to make it correct -
Please tell me when your convenient time is for our meeting.
Though people use the first one more often.

 

[lucas-sp]

Um, I don't agree with MfI here. We do not use "your convenient time" any more: http://books.google.com/ngrams/grap...start=1890&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3

We say "a time convenient for you" (or "for me," or "for both of us," etc.).

I would say "Please let me know what possible meeting times would be convenient for you."

 

[kritika]

Thanks Lucas. So is the phrases "convinient time" not acceptable?

 

[PaulQ]

a convient time is still used in BE. "Thank you, for your invitation. I'll come round for dinner tonight. When/What would be convenient time?"

Please tell me a convenient time for our meeting. not really.
When/What would be a convenient time for our meeting?

 

[lucas-sp]

Paul, I think you mean:

"Thank you, for your invitation. I'll come round for dinner tonight. When/What would be a convenient time?"

"A convenient time" is completely valid in AE as well. I was only commenting on "your/my/our convenient time," which, again, is not current any more.

 

[Azibella]

Is the expression "A convenient time" correct at all as the noun TIME is uncountable ?
Shouldn't it be said: "What is THE convenient time for you?" instead?