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Clee62 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Confusion in expressions

Hi,

I am wondering if there are used in English and if they are equivalent?

Is the working hours the same as the opening hours and the office hours? do we include the "the" article?

Also, for a company wise, what are the difference between its vision, goal, philosophy, mandate and value? Is there any terms i missed mentioning?

thanks!
  

Top answer

"Working hours" mean the hours when you are usually at your job. If you gave a sentence in which you wanted to use it, we could be a better judge of whether you need an article. " A vision is what it wants to be.

— BarbaraPA

  • "Working hours" mean the hours when you are usually at your job.
  • If you gave a sentence in which you wanted to use it, we could be a better judge of whether you need an article.
  • " A vision is what it wants to be.
  • A goal is what it wants to achieve, usually in the short term.
  • Its philosophy is its approach.
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"Working hours" mean the hours when you are usually at your job. If you gave a sentence in which you wanted to use it, we could be a better judge of whether you need an article.

As for your other question, you could take an entire course in "business-speak." A vision is what it wants to be. A goal is what it wants to achieve, usually in the short term. Its philosophy is its approach. (We
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Thanks Grammar Geek!

For the first questions, for example below, will it work?

I am calling a company and would like to like when is best to come in to talk to one of the manager so, is it okay to say on the phone, " Hi, What is your working hours? I am hoping I could speak to your manager?"

Will that work for all the alternative expressions above?

Thanks!
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What are your business hours, please?
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so the rest of alternatives don't apply?

thanks!
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What alternatives? I saw only the query about when they were open.
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can we say what are the office/opening/operating/working hours in this context?

Thanks!
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This is all from an American perspective. Other dialects may have different answers.
If it's a regular business, you can say "office hours" or "business hours."

If it's a shop. you could ask simply about "their hours." "What are hours please?" or "What hours are you open?"
Don't use "opening hours."

You can also talk about "hours of operation" but "operating hours" doesn'
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