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 Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:16 am Meaning of custodian |
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| custodian here is an equivalent of watchman,guard |
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:59 am Meaning of custodian |
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Hi Pamela
I disagree with the way you worded that.
Custodian is a synonym for janitor in the test sentence.
Watchman or guard would be additional possible meanings for custodian, but that's not the meaning in the test sentence.
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:17 pm Meaning of custodian |
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I explain,Amy,why I wrote in this way.The matter is that janitor and custodian are synonyms.They have meanings (that I indicated)in common.That's why i took meanings both common to these words 
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:24 pm Meaning of custodian |
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Hi Pamela,
Just to clarify (hopefully ):
What I thought was unclear in your first post was the use of the word here. I understood that to mean "as used in the sentence here".
If a school happened to have a guard or watchman, that person would not be referred to as a janitor or custodian. Guards and watchmen are normally not required to do the cleaning in a building.
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| Tue Jun 13, 2006 13:26 pm Meaning of custodian |
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| But custodian is not a cleaner while janitor is |
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