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Is using "Doesn't this also..." correct?

English Language & Usage Asked by JohanVC on January 18, 2021

Is the following sentence correct?
“Doesn’t this also apply to your Enterprise architecture?”

It’s a question following the statement below:
“There are specific requirements that have to be met when building a house: (a list follows)…”

One Answer

Well, now you have explained that ‘structure’ in the sense of ‘organisation’ is meant, the meaning is clear.

The Meriam Webster online dictionary does not give this as one of its meanings, but does extend it to computer systems. Oxford Dictionaries comes closer.

2 The complex or carefully designed structure of something. ‘the chemical architecture of the human brain’ More example sentences 2.1The conceptual structure and logical organization of a computer or computer-based system.

So we are getting warmer. The Cambridge English Dictionary online goes further and cites company organisation.

The structure of an organisation which influences the relationship between its parts and employees.

So we are there. The example cited is:-

He regards this as an opportunity to deliver a radical new departmental architecture.

So now the meaning is obvious. One participant in a discussion of the building principals of this company, thinks s/he has seen an analogy the the principles that should apply to the organisational architecture of this architectural firm. Whether this observation is wittily apt or whether it is inept depends on the contents of the list, which you have not cited. But there is no reason why it couldn’t work.

Well-established vertical (lifts and stairs / managers and managed) and horizontal (passageways, offices, meeting rooms communication cabling / colleague to colleague and group to group communication). An so forth.

Answered by Tuffy on January 18, 2021

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