Be broken into a job
Hi,
I know that you can 'break someone into a new job', but I'm not sure if it can be used in the passive voice as well.
"You're still being broken into the job, so don't beat yourself up about some of the mistakes you've made today."
Thank you.
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Ann225 I know that you can 'break someone into a new job' I don't think so. You can break someone in, meaning teach them the basics, and you can break something into little pieces. I guess you might hear "break him in to a new job", awkwardly, but I wouldn't use "into" in writing.
- Ann225 I know that you can 'break someone into a new job' I don't think so.
- You can break someone in, meaning teach them the basics, and you can break something into little pieces.
- I guess you might hear "break him in to a new job", awkwardly, but I wouldn't use "into" in writing.
- And "a new job" is a little redundant.
- If he wasn't new, you couldn't break him in.
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Ann225I know that you can 'break someone into a new job'
I don't think so. You can break someone in, meaning teach them the basics, and you can break something into little pieces. I guess you might hear "break him in to a new job", awkwardly, but I wouldn't use "into" in writing. And "a new job" is a little redundant. If he wasn't new, you couldn't break hi
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