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Kumenglish Posted 4 years ago
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Employees have respect and fear for their managing director.

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I think it's correct grammatically, but be aware of how others could think of it when they hear it. If you said " Employees have respect and fear ~", the word fear would probably overcome the word respect in listeners' minds. To me, I wouldn't get it as the employees respect the manager because of his characteristics or qualities he has but only because they are scared of him.

  • I think it's correct grammatically, but be aware of how others could think of it when they hear it.
  • If you said " Employees have respect and fear ~", the word fear would probably overcome the word respect in listeners' minds.
  • To me, I wouldn't get it as the employees respect the manager because of his characteristics or qualities he has but only because they are scared of him.
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I think it's correct grammatically, but be aware of how others could think of it when they hear it.

If you said "Employees have respect and fear~", the word fear would probably overcome the word respect in listeners' minds. To me, I wouldn't get it as the employees respect the manager because of his characteristics or qualities he

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kumenglish

Employees have respect and fear for their managing director.

Please check it.

"respect for", but "fear of".

When you have two elements (nouns, adjectives, verbs) that take different prepositions, it's best not to try to combine them in one sentence.

In this case, though, if you change the

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