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#2 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:41 am Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' |
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If you mean 'relieve' in the sense of 'dismiss' (usually because the person concerned has done something wrong), this is how I would say it:
Mrs XYZ is not being relieved of her duties before Christmas, but only a week after Christmas. |
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#3 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 17:49 pm Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' |
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Hi Conchita,
I mean the same with relieve.
What do the other sentences mean? Are they completely ungramatical?
| Conchita wrote: |
If you mean 'relieve' in the sense of 'dismiss' (usually because the person concerned has done something wrong), this is how I would say it:
Mrs XYZ is not being relieved of her duties before Christmas, but only a week after Christmas. |
Thanks, EngLearner. |
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#4 (permalink) Mon Apr 30, 2007 19:34 pm Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' |
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| EngLearner wrote: |
| What do the other sentences mean? |
See my previous post. At least, that's how I would interpret your sentences. Isn't it what you meant to say?
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| Are they completely ungrammatical? |
'After a week of Christmas' isn't good English, as far as I know. |
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