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get a free certificate vs get free certificate

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. 'Get a free certificate' implies that you will receive a certificate at no cost, while 'Get free certificate' suggests that you can obtain a certificate without specifying whether it is free or not.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 685 views

get a free certificate

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize that the certificate is free of charge.

Examples:

  • Sign up for the course and get a free certificate.
  • Complete the survey to get a free certificate of participation.
  • If we now consider exemptions from emissions trading, it must not be forgotten that energy enterprises have shamelessly charged the consumer for their free certificates in order to generate additional profits for themselves.
  • When allocating free certificates, treating clean installations on an equal basis with firms which have dirty installations would lead to a distortion of competition between firms in the same sectors in the Community.
  • (vii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate.
  • Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme (ii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC)
  • Where a certificate contains free text, the competent authority of the Member State addressed should determine whether any translation or transliteration is required.
  • Any restrictions on the free transferability of the certificates.
  • Since the beginning of May, the Food Institute of Argentina has not been issuing free circulation certificates for products for which local production exists, in other words for almost all the current European agricultural exports.
  • (i) Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme(ii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC)
  • This is why I ask that industries in Romania should receive all their allowances for CO2 certificates for free for the entire period.
  • Blondes get a free pass in the Fatherland.
  • Plains State basketball team won their district title, so they get a free trip to Vegas.
  • And we get a free road trip.
  • Says I get a free milk.
  • But I get a free session.
  • You get a free candy bar when you buy four corn dogs.
  • You get a free drink on me.
  • You get a free bed and meals.
  • First 500 boyfriends get a free mouth gag.
  • Now you get a free grill.
  • I was selected completely at random to get a free iPhone.

Alternatives:

  • obtain a free certificate
  • receive a free certificate
  • acquire a free certificate
  • claim a free certificate
  • secure a free certificate

get free certificate

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase is used when you want to indicate that a certificate can be obtained without specifying whether it is free or not.

Examples:

  • You can get free certificates for completing the online courses.
  • Students can get free certificates upon successful completion of the program.
  • If we now consider exemptions from emissions trading, it must not be forgotten that energy enterprises have shamelessly charged the consumer for their free certificates in order to generate additional profits for themselves.
  • When allocating free certificates, treating clean installations on an equal basis with firms which have dirty installations would lead to a distortion of competition between firms in the same sectors in the Community.
  • (vii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate.
  • Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme (ii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC)
  • Where a certificate contains free text, the competent authority of the Member State addressed should determine whether any translation or transliteration is required.
  • Any restrictions on the free transferability of the certificates.
  • Since the beginning of May, the Food Institute of Argentina has not been issuing free circulation certificates for products for which local production exists, in other words for almost all the current European agricultural exports.
  • (i) Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme(ii) Duty-Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC)
  • This is why I ask that industries in Romania should receive all their allowances for CO2 certificates for free for the entire period.
  • Many companies have made windfall profits from the Emissions Trading Scheme where they have been allocated ETS certificates free of charge, but have nevertheless passed on the nominal costs of these certificates to consumers.
  • I, the undersigned official veterinarian, hereby certify that eggs described in this certificate come from an establishment which at the date of issue of the certificate is free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
  • or [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, and
  • either [(a) which at the date of issue of this certificate was free from Newcastle disease as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
  • which at the date of issue of the certificate was free from:
  • either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
  • either [II.1.3.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
  • either [II.1.4.1 which, at the date of issue of this certificate was free from highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza as defined in Regulation (EC) No 798/2008;]
  • or (the territory of code... (2), which at the date of issue of this certificate was free from Avian influenza but not free from Newcastle disease as defined in Decision 93/342/EEC;)
  • either (the territory of code... (2), which at the date of issue of this certificate was free from Avian influenza and Newcastle disease as defined in Decision 93/342/EEC;)
  • comes from the territory of code... (3), which at the date of issue of the certificate was free from Avian influenza as defined in the International Animal Health Code of the OIE;

Alternatives:

  • obtain certificates for free
  • receive certificates at no cost
  • acquire certificates without charge
  • claim certificates for free
  • secure certificates without payment

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