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Kumenglish Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Stopped

The parents stopped/terminated the babysitter from work due to frequent absences.

Is "stopped/terminated" appropriate here?

  

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kumenglish Is "stopped/terminated" appropriate here? Not really. We'd probably use the verbs "let go" and "show up" as follows: The parents let the babysitter go because she failed to show up so often.

— CalifJim

  • kumenglish Is "stopped/terminated" appropriate here?
  • Not really.
  • We'd probably use the verbs "let go" and "show up" as follows: The parents let the babysitter go because she failed to show up so often.
  • CJ
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kumenglishIs "stopped/terminated" appropriate here?

Not really. We'd probably use the verbs "let go" and "show up" as follows:

The parents let the babysitter go because she failed to show up so often.

CJ

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