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JuanZZZ Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
To get the sack
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00 I have just learned an idiom which is "to get the sack". It means that you get fired or dismissed. 02 br
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00 I just want to know is I can say this way: "Mirna made me get my sack" in order to say : I was fired 02 br
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00 I have just learned an idiom which is "to get the sack". It means that you get fired or dismissed. 02 br
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00 I just want to know is I can say this way: "Mirna made me get my sack" in order to say : I was fired 02 br
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00 is that correct? 0-
Top answer
0 my guess for your information: 02 br 02 br 00 You can say "I was sacked by Mirna" or "I was fired/discharged" 02 br 02 br 05 0 010id 1
- 0 my guess for your information: 02 br 02 br 00 You can say "I was sacked by Mirna" or "I was fired/discharged" 02 br 02 br 05 0 010id 1
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0 my guess for your information: 02 br
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00 You can say "I was sacked by Mirna" or "I was fired/discharged" 02 br
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00 You can say "I was sacked by Mirna" or "I was fired/discharged" 02 br
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05 0 010id 1
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0 What about : She sacked me? (active voice) 02 br
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00 Does it sound weird or not? 0-
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00 Does it sound weird or not? 0-
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0 Re your previous question, it is always 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 sack, never a sack, my sack, her sack, etc etc. 02 br
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00 And yes, sack is also used as a verb, so 'she sacked me' is fine. 0-
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00 And yes, sack is also used as a verb, so 'she sacked me' is fine. 0-
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0 Summarizing: 02 br
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00 "She made me get the sack" and "She sacked me" both are fine, aren't they? 0-
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00 "She made me get the sack" and "She sacked me" both are fine, aren't they? 0-
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0 I don't think they are the same - and the first one sounds really odd. 02 br
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00 If something SHE did caused YOU to get fired (she was late on the report, but you got blamed), I'd say "Her action led to my getting sacked" or "She caused me to get the sack." 02 br
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00 If she was the employer, and you were the employee, and she was the one who fired you,
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00 If something SHE did caused YOU to get fired (she was late on the report, but you got blamed), I'd say "Her action led to my getting sacked" or "She caused me to get the sack." 02 br
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00 If she was the employer, and you were the employee, and she was the one who fired you,
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I believe I've often seen 'sack' used as an active, transitive verb in US writing. eg this, from an American source: 00 Bush said Annan was doing an "excellent job" as U.N. chief and endorsed him for another term as U.N. boss. The president should have 01 b 00 sacked 02 b 00 him. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 I believe I've often seen 'sack' used as an active, transitive verb in US writing. eg this, from an American source: 00 Bush said Annan was doing an "excellent job" as U.N. chief and endorsed him for another term as U.N. boss. The president should have 01 b 00 sacked 02 b 00 him. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0 Grammar Greek whay do you mean by BrE expression? 02 br
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00 I understood the rest of your explanation. 0-
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00 I understood the rest of your explanation. 0-
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0 British English? (versus American English). I guess GG meant that particular expression was more used in the United Kingdom than in the United States of America (USA). 0-
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