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Samerrustom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Both sides VS Both parties
While I am reading an article about hiring people, I found the following sentence :
Phone interviews save time for both parties, which make them ideal for career fairs.
Why did he use "both parties" instead of "both sides"? My analysis is parties for human beings and sides for anything else?
Both side OR both sides.
Phone interviews save time for both parties, which make them ideal for career fairs.
Why did he use "both parties" instead of "both sides"? My analysis is parties for human beings and sides for anything else?
Both side OR both sides.
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samerrustom Why did he use "both parties" instead of "both sides"? both parties ~ both people / both groups of people samerrustom My analysis is parties for human beings and sides for anything else? No.
- samerrustom Why did he use "both parties" instead of "both sides"?
- both parties ~ both people / both groups of people samerrustom My analysis is parties for human beings and sides for anything else?
- No.
- Actually people can take sides or be on one side or another of a question, but "parties" is better in this sentence.
- CJ
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samerrustomWhy did he use "both parties" instead of "both sides"?both parties ~ both people / both groups of people
samerrustomMy analysis is parties for human beings and sides for anything else?No. Actually people can take sides or be on one side or another of a question, but "parties" is better in this sentence.
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