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Volgrad Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Applications Held

Two reliable definitions of the verb "hold" are:

"To have and maintain in one's possession"
"To defer the immediate handling of"

Which of the above definitions should I use for the following:

"How Long Is My Application Held?
All applications are held for six months. All job openings require separate applications."

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volgrad Which of the above definitions should I use "To have and maintain in one's possession" What they mean is that at the end of six months, they discard your application.

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volgradWhich of the above definitions should I use
"To have and maintain in one's possession"

What they mean is that at the end of six months, they discard your application.
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I think you are right.
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Thank you, enoon!

Then, this would be ambiguous:

"Incomplete applications are held for one month"

because it could be read as either of these:

"Incomplete applications are kept for one month"
or
"Incomplete applications are not processe
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volgradThank you, enoon!Then, this would be ambiguous: "Incomplete applications are held for one month"because it could be read as either of these:"Incomplete applications are kept for one month"or"Incomplete applications are not processed for month"
"Incomplete applications are held for one month" would be not unders
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