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Probably not, but if you want a fuller answer please provide a direct link.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jul 18, 2011 20:05 pm There is no pay for them. |
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Here you are B.:
— In addition to two weeks' paid vacation, we allow for six annual sick days, and one personal day off each year.
— Are the sick days "use them or lose them?"
— Yes. They do not carry over. You must use all six in one year. The same with the personal day. Any more questions I can answer?
— Not right now, but I might after I look through some of this material.
2). What does the woman say about sick days?
They can be used as personal days.
They can be saved for the next year.
There is no pay for them.
There are six per year. |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jul 18, 2011 20:34 pm There is no pay for them. |
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I meant please provide a direct link (webpage) to the exercise.
However, the phrase is written correctly there (though that is not the correct answer to the question).
There is no pay for them = you are allowed to take the time off but you will not be paid.
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jul 18, 2011 20:37 pm There is no pay for them. |
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There are 6 per year.
It is not stated in the text that the sick days aren't paid for, actually the impression I get here is that they are paid for.
Carry over in this case means that you can sum them up to the following year.
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:50 am There is no pay for them. |
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In my book there is the following sentence: There is no arguing with them.
I thought it should be analogically:
There is no paying for them.
There is no pay for them. - Is ,,pay'' in this sentence: a noun or a verb? why is there ,,pay''?
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jul 19, 2011 18:17 pm There is no pay for them. |
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pay = salary. It is a noun.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:34 am There is no pay for them. |
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Thanks.
Why isn't there an article before :pay (a pay, the pay)? |
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Jul 21, 2011 16:13 pm There is no pay for them. |
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| Saneta wrote: |
Thanks.
Why isn't there an article before :pay (a pay, the pay)? |
Hello Saneta,
After "no" you do not use articles.
Example:
There's no hurry...
There's no need...
There's no electricity...
There's no bread...
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| #10 (permalink) Thu Jul 21, 2011 22:53 pm There is no pay for them. |
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Could we use "they are free" in place of "no pay for them"?
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| #11 (permalink) Thu Jul 21, 2011 23:37 pm There is no pay for them. |
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Not in the original sentence by Saneta... it would change the meaning entirely.
There is no payment made for the sick days taken.
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