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SafaBird Posted 14 years ago
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"College applicants faced tight admissions."
"Applicants faced tight jobs."
"People faced tight money."
Could these be standard English?
"Applicants faced tight jobs."
"People faced tight money."
Could these be standard English?
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"Tight admissions" means there are more applicants than can be admitted to colleges. You would typically hear the term "tight job market", which means there are more applicants for jobs than there are jobs available. "Tight money" means banks don't have a lot of money to lend and are being selective about who they lend to, essentially lending only to people who don't really need to borrow.
- "Tight admissions" means there are more applicants than can be admitted to colleges.
- You would typically hear the term "tight job market", which means there are more applicants for jobs than there are jobs available.
- "Tight money" means banks don't have a lot of money to lend and are being selective about who they lend to, essentially lending only to people who don't really need to borrow.
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"Tight admissions" means there are more applicants than can be admitted to colleges.
You would typically hear the term "tight job market", which means there are more applicants for jobs than there are jobs available.
"Tight money" means banks don't have a lot of money to lend and are being selective about who they lend to, essentially lending only to people who don't really need
You would typically hear the term "tight job market", which means there are more applicants for jobs than there are jobs available.
"Tight money" means banks don't have a lot of money to lend and are being selective about who they lend to, essentially lending only to people who don't really need
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Would these work?
"Applicants found that college admissions are tight."
"Recent college graduates that jobs are tight."
"After layoffs, people found that money is tight."
"Applicants found that college admissions are tight."
"Recent college graduates that jobs are tight."
"After layoffs, people found that money is tight."
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These are okay from a purely technical-grammatical perspective. However, from a usage and stylistic point of view these sound a little off to a native ear - at least to my native ear. The context has to be just right to use these metaphors. You might hear instead something like:
Applicants have found that college admissions have tightened up recently.
Recent college graduates
Applicants have found that college admissions have tightened up recently.
Recent college graduates
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