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A Blinkin' Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
obscure or unknown?
I want to make a good sentence, but I don't know if this has the right meaning:
1. If you are willing to work, being obscure, diligent, and consientious, not asking for compensation, then you'll be a good worker.
2. If you are willing to work, being unknown, diligent, and consientious, not asking for compensation, then you'll be a good worker.
In these sentences, what does obscure or unknown mean?
Which is better, and why?
1. If you are willing to work, being obscure, diligent, and consientious, not asking for compensation, then you'll be a good worker.
2. If you are willing to work, being unknown, diligent, and consientious, not asking for compensation, then you'll be a good worker.
In these sentences, what does obscure or unknown mean?
Which is better, and why?
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I would think that it means that people above you will never know that you are the source of all the work that was done. Your contribution will not acknowledged, or at least, not to you. A Blinklin', you think people will work without compensation?
- I would think that it means that people above you will never know that you are the source of all the work that was done.
- Your contribution will not acknowledged, or at least, not to you.
- A Blinklin', you think people will work without compensation?
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I would think that it means that people above you will never know that you are the source of all the work that was done. Your contribution will not acknowledged, or at least, not to you.
A Blinklin', you think people will work without compensation? That would be called "volunteering," not "working."
A Blinklin', you think people will work without compensation? That would be called "volunteering," not "working."
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"I would think that it means that people above you will never know that you are the source of all the work that was done. Your contribution will not [be] acknowledged, or at least, not to you."
That's right. The general meaning is that the person should work hard without seeking reward, fame, or fortune. So, if the sentence were to use volunteer/work, would "being unknown" or "being ob
That's right. The general meaning is that the person should work hard without seeking reward, fame, or fortune. So, if the sentence were to use volunteer/work, would "being unknown" or "being ob
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conscientious
being unknown
is probably more appropriate for this context
obscure has some negative connotations to it
being unknown
is probably more appropriate for this context
obscure has some negative connotations to it
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Thank you for fixing my post with the missing "be."
I agree with MH that unknown is the better choice, but for a different reason.
Something can be physically obscured, because something is in front of it. You can make an obscure reference, meaning that not many people will know it. But usually you don't use "obscure" to describe people.
But A, tell me more about this.
I agree with MH that unknown is the better choice, but for a different reason.
Something can be physically obscured, because something is in front of it. You can make an obscure reference, meaning that not many people will know it. But usually you don't use "obscure" to describe people.
But A, tell me more about this.
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Are words like modest, unassuming or inconspicuous more appropriate than obscure?
Maybe:
If you are willing to work, unassuming, diligent, and conscientious, not asking for promotion or increases in salary, then you'll be a good worker.
In other words a mirror image of Bob Cratchit ! :-O
Maybe:
If you are willing to work, unassuming, diligent, and conscientious, not asking for promotion or increases in salary, then you'll be a good worker.
In other words a mirror image of Bob Cratchit ! :-O
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