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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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We had over 200 people on our office staff.

0We had over 200 people01b00 on02b00 our office staff.02br
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00HI,02br
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00Does the above sound right? Shouldn't we use "in our office staff?"02br
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00Besides, is it also right to say the following? Thanks.02br
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00Our office staff are/is over 200 people.02br
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00There are more than 200 staff in our office.0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00Does the above sound right? 02br 02br 01font 00Besides, is it also right to say the following? 02br 02br 01font 00There are more than 200 staff in our office.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Does the above sound right?
  • 02br 02br 01font 00Besides, is it also right to say the following?
  • 02br 02br 01font 00There are more than 200 staff in our office.
  • 02font 00Say '200 staff 01i 00members'02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00We had over 200 people01b00 on02b00 our office staff.02font02br
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01font00Does the above sound right? 00Yes.02font02br
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01font00Shouldn't we use "in our office staff?"02font
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0The use of "people" in the top sentence is redundant anyway, as "staff" can only be people. So I would say "We had over 200 staff". However, if you wanted to keep both, then I would add "list" on the end to shift "staff" away from meaning "people" and move it towards meaning a list of names.02br
00I think the second sentence should be "Our office staff is over 200 people", as "sta
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