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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Against you

Hello,

Could any native speaker tell me the meaning of "against you" in the following sentence?

Your employer has laid a serious charge against you.

Questions:

1) Is "against you" the reason for laying a serious charge?

2) Is "against you" the result of laying a serious charge?

thank you for your help.
  

Top answer

No. "Against you" is the "direction" of the charge. A charge is made/laid against someone.

— Khoff

  • No.
  • "Against you" is the "direction" of the charge.
  • A charge is made/laid against someone.
  • (Who is this charge against/concerned with/directed at?
  • " Your employer has laid a charge against you .
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No. "Against you" is the "direction" of the charge. A charge is made/laid against someone. (Who is this charge against/concerned with/directed at? You.) It's another way of saying "Your employer has accused you of something serious."

Your employer has laid a charge against you.

Your employer has spread rumors about you.

Your empl
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Hello khoff,

Thanks a lot.

Your nice elaboration make sense of it to me.

That means :Your employer has laid a charge for the purpose of against you. or Your employer has laid a charge that is for against you.
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Well, good. I'm glad I was able to help.
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Hello,

In tha last post of

It is difficult for you & it is necessary for you?

I said:
The logic language and philosophy lnguage is the stone of English.

We Chinese must see the lines in two phases and we can say I have got it.

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