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WBB-EF Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

professional

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody could take a look for me at this word-professional, what does it mean in this context?

Thanks for your help.



Warden: I assume this is about your transfer request for Michael Scofield.
Paul: More specifically, why you denied it.
Warden: Look, Mr. Kellerman, do I come into your house and tell you where to put your furniture?
Hale: We're just asking for professional courtesy.
Warden: But you're asking for a federal courtesy in a state penitentiary.
  

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They're asking the warden to be a professional [really good at his job, with some humanity] rather than just a person in charge throwing his power around.

— Philip

  • They're asking the warden to be a professional [really good at his job, with some humanity] rather than just a person in charge throwing his power around.
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They're asking the warden to be a professional [really good at his job, with some humanity] rather than just a person in charge throwing his power around.
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WBB-EFI was wondering if anybody could take a look for me at this word-professional, what does it mean in this context?
It's a way for one person (presumably a professional) in some field to ask another for a favor or for deference that is not strictly required by the formal rules governing the situation (and may even require bending the rules).

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Hi, Philip,

Thanks for your help again.

I am a little confused. Then what exactly does "professional" mean in this context? We both know that usually, "professional" means-connected with a job that needs special training. And in this case, I find another definition that I think it would be more suitable in this situation-suitable or appropriate for sb. working in a particula
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Professional courtesy is a favor or a way of treating someone who is in the same profession as you. According to one source I just read, it started as medical professionals not charging each other for medical services. Today, if one police office is stopped for speeding, the one who stops him would almost certainly not give him a ticket out of "professional courtesy."
There's a joke that lawye
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Grammar GeekProfessional courtesy is a favor or a way of treating someone who is in the same profession as you. According to one source I just read, it started as medical professionals not charging each other for medical services. Today, if one police office is stopped for speeding, the one who stops him would almost certainly not give him a ticket out of "professional cou
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Grammar GeekProfessional courtesy is a favor or a way of treating someone who is in the same profession as you. According to one source I just read, it started as medical professionals not charging each other for medical services. Today, if one police office is stopped for speeding, the one who stops him would almost certainly not give him a ticket out of "professional cou
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