Against

Question

I was against of you had been recruited to the school as a teacher.

Is my sentence correct?

Here I wanted to say that, I was against this decision that he or she was recruited to the school as a teacher.

Please state some other substitute sentences.

Persian Learner · Accepted Answer

Who was against the decision? Teacher? Student? Principal? Parent? Board of Trustees? Board of staff? Fellow teacher? Head of an institution?

Here are some choices, but you should be careful with your wording; we normally want to save interlocutors' face in conversation.

I was against the decision that you be recruited in the school.

I opposed the decision of recruiting you as a teacher here.

I objected to your recruitment in this school.

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Here would be a possible scenario:

A: Did you vote for me?

B: No, I objected to your recruitment in this school.

A: Why not?

B: Well, I think you'd be better off at a higher university; you'd be overqualified here.

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