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Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved'



 
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Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:36 am  Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved'
 

Hi All,

I want to tell someone that Mrs. XYZ is not getting releaved from job before christmas but only after a week of christmas. Can I use the below sentence?

Mrs. XYZ is not being releaved before christmas but only after a week of christmas.

What does these sentences mean?

Mrs. XYZ is not getting releaved before christmas but only after a week of christmas.
The company is releaving Mrs. XYZ before christmas but only after a week of christmas.

Is there any other good way to tell this?

Thanks,
EngLearner.

PS: Please correct the mistakes, if any, in my post.
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Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:41 am  Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved'
 

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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Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' Mon Apr 30, 2007 18:49 pm  Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved'
 

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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Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved' Mon Apr 30, 2007 20:34 pm  Difference between 'Not being releaved' and 'Not getting releaved'
 

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?

EngLearner wrote:
Are they completely ungrammatical?

'After a week of Christmas' isn't good English, as far as I know.
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