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Magda Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Sabbatical
Hi,
I checked this word up in my dictionary and the definition says that it is "a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel ". However, I've heard somewhere that an academic can take a sabbatical once every seven years. I wonder whether it is still like this or maybe one can take a sabbatical more often now?
Thank you
I checked this word up in my dictionary and the definition says that it is "a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel ". However, I've heard somewhere that an academic can take a sabbatical once every seven years. I wonder whether it is still like this or maybe one can take a sabbatical more often now?
Thank you
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This is a better dictionary (online, and not expensive, IMO) -------- sabbatical year Function: noun 1 often capitalized S : a year of rest for the land observed every seventh year in ancient Judea by allowing the fields and vineyards to lie without tilling, sowing, pruning, or reaping from autumn to autumn in accordance with a Levitical commandment -- compare JUBILEE 2 or sabbatical leave : a leave with full or half pay granted (as every seventh year) to one holding an administrative or professional position (as college professor) for rest, travel, or research -----------
- This is a better dictionary (online, and not expensive, IMO) -------- sabbatical year Function: noun 1 often capitalized S : a year of rest for the land observed every seventh year in ancient Judea by allowing the fields and vineyards to lie without tilling, sowing, pruning, or reaping from autumn to autumn in accordance with a Levitical commandment -- compare JUBILEE 2 or sabbatical leave : a leave with full or half pay granted (as every seventh year) to one holding an administrative or professional position (as college professor) for rest, travel, or research -----------
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This is a better dictionary
(online, and not expensive, IMO)
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sabbatical year
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(online, and not expensive, IMO)
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sabbatical year
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Hi Marius,
Sorry for the definition. I somehow cut it so it didn't make any sense
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Thanks for your post. So I
Sorry for the definition. I somehow cut it so it didn't make any sense
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MagdaSo I can see that when someone takes a sabbatical it is indeed every seven years.Not always. But this is the traditional meaning in universities.
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MagdaI see. So, sabbatical can be taken e.g. every two years?Only if your boss sees it that way
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At my husband's company, they reward you after five years with a one-time gift of an extra three weeks of vacation - and call it "sabbatical leave" to keep it separate from the regular vacation.
Also, often churches will factor in sabbatical leave for the minister to be relieved from his or her duties for a few weeks every couple of years so he or she can study and "recharge his batteries
Also, often churches will factor in sabbatical leave for the minister to be relieved from his or her duties for a few weeks every couple of years so he or she can study and "recharge his batteries
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I agree with Barbara that 'sabbatical' is not limited to academic institutions. A friend of mine took 'sabbatical leave' (he called it so) to join another company. Infact, he only wanted to try out the new job and when things didn't work out right for him, he came back from his 'sabbatical' to his old job.
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