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Sarunnio Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

accumulated time

0From the sentence below, what does the underlined sentence mean?02br
00A00 00danger of overloaded time accounts,00 00such that 01u00workers are unable to use much of their accumulated time02u00 00off00. 00This00 00is00 00counterproductive because workers are overworked,00 00leading to higherabsenteeism,00 00increased illness00 00andreduced00 00motivation02br
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00And, If I leave out the adverb "off" , does its meaning change?02br
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00Could anyone help me with this?02br
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00Thanks in advance,02br
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12blockquote 10This is not a sentence. You may have quoted it incorrectly. Please check.

— CalifJim

  • 12blockquote 10This is not a sentence.
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  • 02br 00 The idea is that for each hour an employee works some small fraction of an hour is recorded in a sort of "time bank" for each employee.
  • As the employee works more hours, more of these fractions of hours add up in the "time bank".
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00 A danger of overloaded time accounts, such that 11u10workers are unable to use much of their accumulated time12u10 off10.12blockquote
10This is not a sentence. You may have quoted it incorrectly. Please check. Thanks.02br
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