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Book mango 418 Posted 7 years ago
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Work for (as a volunteer)

Could I use "I worked for the local nursing home to take care of the elderly" to express that I volunteered to take care of the elderly there. I usually see "work for" means directly employed by. But in my sentence, I was a volunteer. Could I also use "work for" ?

  

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book mango 418 Could I also use "work for" ? You would be misleading the reader if there was not an explanation in the context. I volunteered at the local nursing home and took care of the elderly.

  • book mango 418 Could I also use "work for" ?
  • You would be misleading the reader if there was not an explanation in the context.
  • I volunteered at the local nursing home and took care of the elderly.
  • I wanted to work with the elderly, so I volunteered at the local nursing home.
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book mango 418Could I also use "work for" ?

You would be misleading the reader if there was not an explanation in the context.

I volunteered at the local nursing home and took care of the elderly.
I wanted to work with the elderly, so I volunteered at the local nursing home.

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