On shift or on shifts
Parsa: When does a firefighter go to work?
Hamid: I think he goes to work on shift.
or
Hamid: I think he goes to work on shifts.
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I would say "I think he works shifts", but in colloquial language people are more likely to talk about the general case in the plural: Parsa: When do firefighters go to work? Hamid: I think they work shifts. " may not be the best wording for the question.
- I would say "I think he works shifts", but in colloquial language people are more likely to talk about the general case in the plural: Parsa: When do firefighters go to work?
- Hamid: I think they work shifts.
- " may not be the best wording for the question.
- Do you want to ask what time they leave for work in the morning?
- What hours they work?
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I would say "I think he works shifts", but in colloquial language people are more likely to talk about the general case in the plural:
Parsa: When do firefighters go to work?
Hamid: I think they work shifts.
"When do firefighters go to work?" may not be the best wording for the question. Do you want to ask
0I wouldn't say your versions are wrong, but I usually hear this.
I think they work shifts.
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