Hi, I have 5 English questions as shown below, and I hope native English speakers answer my questions.

#1. In progress vs under progress.
Which one is correct?
- The test is still in progress.
- The test is still under progress.

#2. If I want to use "such as", there should be more than 2 examples or 3 examples?
Are these sentences correct?
- The other options such as black and yellow are not in stock.
- The other options such as black, yellow, and red are not in stock.

#3. I want to know how to use "over-engineering" in a sentence.
Are these sentences correct?
- We don't want to take over-engineering for this project.
- I think that is over-engineering. Let's make it easy.
- We want to make it easy by excluding over-engineering.

#4. ongoing status, current status
Are these sentences correct?
- Thank you for updating on the current status.
- Thank you for updating on the ongoing status.

#5. "Attention to Paul" is the correct English word?
This question is about business email. Let's say I received an email from my superior, but I want to forward this email to Paul, but I'm worried that Paul wouldn't read my email because the original mail subject is not related to Paul, so I want to put the comment like this.

Original email subject: The summary of the company project
- [Attention to Paul] The summary of the company project
- [To Paul] The summary of the company project

Are these grammatically okay?

Thank you

Question

Hi, I have 5 English questions as shown below, and I hope native English speakers answer my questions.

#1. In progress vs under progress.
Which one is correct?
- The test is still in progress.
- The test is still under progress.

#2. If I want to use "such as", there should be more than 2 examples or 3 examples?
Are these sentences correct?
- The other options such as black and yellow are not in stock.
- The other options such as black, yellow, and red are not in stock.

#3. I want to know how to use "over-engineering" in a sentence.
Are these sentences correct?
- We don't want to take over-engineering for this project.
- I think that is over-engineering. Let's make it easy.
- We want to make it easy by excluding over-engineering.

#4. ongoing status, current status
Are these sentences correct?
- Thank you for updating on the current status.
- Thank you for updating on the ongoing status.

#5. "Attention to Paul" is the correct English word?
This question is about business email. Let's say I received an email from my superior, but I want to forward this email to Paul, but I'm worried that Paul wouldn't read my email because the original mail subject is not related to Paul, so I want to put the comment like this.

Original email subject: The summary of the company project
- [Attention to Paul] The summary of the company project
- [To Paul] The summary of the company project

Are these grammatically okay?

Thank you

Answer

5 is a matter of personal preference and the necessity from your colleagues. You can also send with high importance in Outlook.

Answer

Thank you for updating ME. You need a pronoun in that sentence

Answer

In progress

You can use “such as” in any sentence that gives an example. The number of examples does not matter.

Over-engineer is not a real word and is known as “corporate-ese “ The pseudo word refers to the opposite of “elegant engineering. “ “Over engineering” implies a designer could have accomplished the same result with more simplistically.

Answer

#1. In progress
- The test is still in progress.

#2. Both of these sentences are correct.
- The other options, such as black and yellow, are not in stock.
- The other options, such as black, yellow, and red, are not in stock.

#3. 
- We don't want to over-engineer this project.
- I think that is over-engineering. Let's make it easy.
- We want to make it easy by avoiding over-engineering.

#4.
- Thank you for updating ((pronoun needed)) on the current status.
Example: Thank you for updating us on the current status.

#5. Honestly, this is slightly strange. I would hope he would read his emails. However, if I wanted to get his attention in a subject line, I would probably write it as follows:

- [Attn: Paul] The summary of the company project

Please let me know if you have any questions!!
- Emily

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