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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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staff members

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00*In the sentence above, why do we use 01b01u00staff02u00 02b00and 01u01b00member 02b02u00together??It seems that both of them have the same meaning...02br
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02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10'Staff' refers to 11i10a group12i10 of people (like a 'team', same idea).12br
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10Thus, you have to say something like 'a staff member', 'a member of the staff', 'one of the staff'.12br
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0Hi,02br
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00How about 'employee'? 02br
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00In my experience, the word 'staff' is not used much. It has an institutional sound, like the people who work in a hospital.02br
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00Workers at work usually just speak of each other as 'people', eg 'We need to assign three people to work on this project'. 02br
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