Can you help me to check these sentences? Are they ok?

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I need to take a sick leave.I want to call in sick.I need to take a maternity leave.I want to call in maternity.I want to take off work.I want to take the morning off.I will come in late.He took the whole day off to take care of some personal business.

Dimsumexpress · Accepted Answer

Jenny,
Grammatically speaking, they are correct and each has a different meaning. To my ear, there are issues with the sentences.

I need to take a sick leave.
In the US, when you work for a company, and you need to take some time off work for medical reasons, you need to have a doctor's written approval when you submit your request to your boss. This time off is commonly called " a medical leave of absence".

I want to call in sick. - This may be something you would say when you wake up in the morning, not feeling enthused to go to work.

I need to take a maternity leave. This is the same as the first one.
I want to call in maternity. - This makes no sense.

I want to take [ some time ] off work. - Ok as corrected.
As it stands, the meaning was unclear.

I want to take the morning off. - Ok, but "would like to take the morning off " maybe sound less demanding to your boss's ears.

I will come in late. As written, is lacks context as to when. Will - suggests future. I will probably say " I will be coming in late (tomorrow).

He took the whole day off to take care of some personal business.

Canadian45 · Answer

Jenny chiu.....I need to take a sick leave.
I want to call in sick.
I need to take a maternity leave.
I want to call in maternity.
I want to take off work. You need something between "take" and "off". (for example, 'a day' or 'some time')
I want to take the morning off.
I will come in late.
He took the whole day off to take care of some personal business.

Can you help me to check these sentences? Are they ok?

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