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Monalisatuan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

day off ?

Dear teachers ,

I would appreciate it very much if you correct me if my translation is not correct:

1/ Christmas falls on Saturday , which is our day off , so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu.(b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas.

2/Christmas falls on Saturday , which is our day off , so we are entitled to have /take Monday off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.

3/ If I work on the National Day , I will have the next day off in lieu

4/If I work on the National Day , I will have the next day off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.

Besides, Are there any other ways to express these ideas ? Please help me.

Thanks and Best regards
  

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1/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu. (b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas. 2/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to have /take Monday off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.

— Feebs11

  • 1/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu.
  • (b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas.
  • 2/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to have /take Monday off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.
  • 3/ If I work on the National Day, I will have the next day off in lieu 4/ If I work on the National Day, I will have the next day off as a compensatory day / as a comp day .
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1/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu.(b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas.

2/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to have /take Monday off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.

3/ If I work on the N
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MonalisatuanDear teachers ,

I would appreciate it very much if you correct me if my translation is not correct:

1/ Christmas falls on Saturday , which is our day off , so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu.(b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas.

2/Christmas falls on Saturday , which is our day off , so we are entitl
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In addition to Feebs excellent corrections, I don't believe "in lieu" works in example 1/. Are we not entitled to a second day off in the first pair of sentences (as opposed to the second pair)? And if so, shouldn't we take Monday off "in addition," rather than "instead/in lieu/in place of"? (If Saturday is your normal day off, you certainly wouldn't be required to work it simply because it's Ch
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GoodmanSo we can say:



Christmas this year falls on the weekend; so we are given the following Monday off.



Just a quick note: don't use a semi-colon there. Use a comma instead.

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GG,

Thanks for the advice. An old habit learned from a teacher who taught us that if we have two ideas to be expressed in a running sentence and the first can stand on its own but additional information needs to be attached, then semi colon can be used. Whether that was an old-fashioned technique or even a wrong one, I don't know. But I know semi colon is slowing becoming a fading practic
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AvangiIn addition to Feebs excellent corrections, I don't believe "in lieu" works in example 1/. Are we not entitled to a second day off in the first pair of sentences (as opposed to the second pair)? And if so, shouldn't we take Monday off "in addition," rather than "instead/in lieu/in place of"? (If Saturday is your normal day off, you certainly wouldn't be required t
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Thank you all teachers,

By the way please kindly tell me whether or not in the USA or UK the three words comp day , compensatory day and compensation day can be used interchangably .Because I 've heard someone use comp day and compensation day in the past ( of course they are not native speakers ).

Thanks again for taking a lot of trouble to help me.
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In the US, "comp day" is by far the most common.
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Thank you very much teachers ,

But I still don't understand why in the sentence #1 you say : we are entitled to take Monday in lieu ( you crossed out " off " after Monday ) and in the sentence # 3 you say : I will have the next day off in lieu ( you didn't cross out " off " after Monday )

Is there any difference between the 2 sentences ? Your taking the trouble t
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Feebs11
1/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to (a) have /take Monday off in lieu.(b) have /take Monday off in lieu of Christmas.

2/ Christmas falls on Saturday, which is our day off, so we are entitled to have /take Monday off as a compensatory day / as a comp day.
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