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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hold Applications

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-03/news/mn-25046_1_los-angeles-county/2

"In one major revision, examiners are now holding all applications until the arrival of FBI criminal background checks, a process that can drag on for months. "

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/hold

For "holding the applications", does sense 4a in the dictionary apply? If not, which sense is the right one to use?
  

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Not really. " The processing of the application is temporarily suspended , pending the criminal background check. It's probably true that the department "holds onto" the application, in the sense that they "keep" it, but that's a different sense.

— Avangi

  • Not really.
  • " The processing of the application is temporarily suspended , pending the criminal background check.
  • It's probably true that the department "holds onto" the application, in the sense that they "keep" it, but that's a different sense.
  • To put a process on hold is to temporarily "hold up" its progress while waiting for some event to occur.
  • I vote for MW's definition 12 b.
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Not really. It's more like "placing something on hold."

The processing of the application is temporarily suspended, pending the criminal background check.

It's probably true that the department "holds onto" the application, in the sense that they "keep" it, but that's a different sense.

To put a process on hold is to temporarily "hold up" its progress while waitin
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