Please be informed that we are withdrawing our staff members from the site, as their work permits expired on [date]. We cannot support site activities unless we have enough people there. We currently have only one person at the workshop, and it is very difficulty to even maintain the workshop.
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AnonymousWhat do you think about "become" in the first?No. I mean, there's nothing really wrong with it except that nobody would say it.
AnonymousThe store is on the opposite side of the city from where I need to go.The store is on the opposite direction from where I need to go.Things are on one side or the other. They are
AnonymousI thought the rule was : 'pass for something' or 'pass X off as something' regardless of whether you insert 'manage' or try" like in the following examples.People love to pass for heroes.People love to pass themselves off as heroesTom passed himself off as a Spanish personTom passed for a Spanish person.To pass yourself off as a hero is not the same