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"Some priests are dissatisfied with their work, either because their freedom to do a good job is curtailed, or because they feel unprepared for the specific task assigned them. In the first instance, better job descriptions are proposed as a remedy; in the second, better education for the jobholder. Both solutions are no more than misguided palliatives. The question must be asked: Should not this job be dropped from Church control, and the cleric either fired or challenged to compete for it—under secular control and conditions?"
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alibey1917 Can you rephrase the last sentence? That's a hard one because I don't know what he's talking about. What kind of job doing what?
- alibey1917 Can you rephrase the last sentence?
- That's a hard one because I don't know what he's talking about.
- What kind of job doing what?
- The sentence is a little convoluted.
- The injunction against contractions in formal writing can produce anomalies like "Should this job not be dropped", which in natural speech would be "Shouldn't this job be dropped".
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alibey1917Can you rephrase the last sentence?
That's a hard one because I don't know what he's talking about. What kind of job doing what?
The sentence is a little convoluted. The injunction against contractions in formal writing can produce anomalies like "Should this job not be dropped", which in natural speech would be "Shouldn't this job be droppe
0alibey1917Should not this job be dropped from Church control, and the cleric either fired or challenged to compete for it—under secular control and conditions?
Shouldn't everyone have the right to apply for the job (priests included) based on their qualifications, and compete with one another in equal fair conditions?
What the writer is driving at is
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