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Square Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Place of employment
Often enough the craft worker’s place of employment in ancient Greece was set in rural isolation.
Source: "IELTS test".
It seems to me that "place of employment" means "workplace" here. Am I understanding it correctly?
However, what is confusing here is the use of "employment". I have consulted it in many dictionaries and couldn't find a definition that fits there.
Could you explain?
Thank you.
Source: "IELTS test".
It seems to me that "place of employment" means "workplace" here. Am I understanding it correctly?
However, what is confusing here is the use of "employment". I have consulted it in many dictionaries and couldn't find a definition that fits there.
Could you explain?
Thank you.
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I'd say 'place of work' here. But that would mean repetition (worker . .
- I'd say 'place of work' here.
- But that would mean repetition (worker .
- .
- work), which the writer probably wanted to avoid.
- 'Employment' suggests the craft worker was the employee of someone else.
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I'd say 'place of work' here. But that would mean repetition (worker . . . work), which the writer probably wanted to avoid.
'Employment' suggests the craft worker was the employee of someone else. I don't think that was the situation, do you?
'Employment' suggests the craft worker was the employee of someone else. I don't think that was the situation, do you?
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Thank you. I also like your suggestion.
Yes, I agree.
I don't think that was the situation, do you?
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