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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
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Take on or employ

01] The company has decided to employ five extra employees to handle their increased workload. 02br
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002] The company has decided to take on five extra employees to handle their increased workload. 02br
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00Would you write 'employ extra employees or take on extra employees' ? A native speaker wouldn't agree with the first sentence. Your comments, please. 02br
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0 I would say "hire five extra employees" or "take on five extra employees." 0-
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0 Its the use of both employ and employees so closely that sounds a bit odd. 02br
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00I would say 'take on five more employees' or equally, 02br
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0 You are dead right "nona the brit" because the noun "employee" is actually a derivation from the verb "employ" and to use both so closely together sounds "a bit odd" and monotonous. 0-
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0 Did your native speaker say whether he disagreed with the first sentence on a point of style, Andrei? Or of idiom? 02br
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