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Meaning of promotion #1 (permalink) Tue Mar 08, 2005 14:47 pm   Meaning of promotion
 

Test No. incompl/inter-8 "Going on foot", question 8

As she had made such an impression on her employers, she was soon offered ..........

(a) progress
(b) preferment
(c) promotion
(d) position

Test No. incompl/inter-8 "Going on foot", answer 8

As she had made such an impression on her employers, she was soon offered promotion.

Correct answer: (c) promotion

Your answer was: incorrect
As she had made such an impression on her employers, she was soon offered position.
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I thought that if she had an impression on her employers, they could offer her a upper position. why my thought is wrong.
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Promotion #2 (permalink) Tue Mar 08, 2005 14:59 pm   Promotion
 

Promotion here means a better job with more money but it doesn't say exactly which job or which position. If you wanted to use the word position, you would have to qualify it as follows:

She was offered A BETTER/BETTER PAID position
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Promotion #3 (permalink) Tue Mar 21, 2006 15:03 pm   Promotion
 

Alan wrote:
Promotion here means a better job with more money but it doesn't say exactly which job or which position. If you wanted to use the word position, you would have to qualify it as follows:

She was offered A BETTER/BETTER PAID position

And why not preferment

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