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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Correct Choice?
Hi all,
As the company has severe financial problems, we have no choice but to make ten per cent of the workforce ---.
This one is a test question and here are the options:
A) redundant
B) declined
Correct option is A. But I wonder what makes "declined" wrong here?
Thank you.
As the company has severe financial problems, we have no choice but to make ten per cent of the workforce ---.
This one is a test question and here are the options:
A) redundant
B) declined
Correct option is A. But I wonder what makes "declined" wrong here?
Thank you.
Top answer
" It means to fire or lay off some workers. If you used "decline", it would have to be the base form of the verb: "make something decline" eg. The government's policies since 2008 tried to make unemployment rates decline, but so far they have been fruitless.
- " It means to fire or lay off some workers.
- If you used "decline", it would have to be the base form of the verb: "make something decline" eg.
- The government's policies since 2008 tried to make unemployment rates decline, but so far they have been fruitless.
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The idiom is "make redundant." It means to fire or lay off some workers.
If you used "decline", it would have to be the base form of the verb:
"make something decline"
eg.
The government's policies since 2008 tried to make unemployment rates decline, but so far they have been fruitless.
If you used "decline", it would have to be the base form of the verb:
"make something decline"
eg.
The government's policies since 2008 tried to make unemployment rates decline, but so far they have been fruitless.
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