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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Working engagements???

Hi,
I wonder if some English native speker or teacher can check:

"I don´t like unpatient men who don´t respect all my working engagements and push me to get some free time for them"

Thanks

Pamela
  

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Unpatient is not a word. You probably meant impatient. I think "working engagements" is wrong too.

  • Unpatient is not a word.
  • You probably meant impatient.
  • I think "working engagements" is wrong too.
  • It should be substituted with something like "work responsibilities".
  • I am not a native speaker so it would be good if somebody else confirmed this.
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Unpatient is not a word. You probably meant impatient.
I think "working engagements" is wrong too. It should be substituted with something like "work responsibilities".

I am not a native speaker so it would be good if somebody else confirmed this.
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Hi,
oh yes, "unpatient" was a mistake, just didn´t notice it :-)

Thank you anyway :-)

Awaiting a native speaker

Regards
Pamela
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Hi,

"I don´t like unpatient men who don´t respect all my working engagements and push me to get some free time for them"

"I don´t like impatient men who don´t respect all my working commitments, and who push me to find some free time for them."

Clive
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Hi Clive,
thank you so much!

Few questions:

1. I´ve found the "commitment" is a synonym for "engagement" is it really so? Could "commitment" be used without "working" in a more general way?
2. Is it really necessary to repeat the "who"in the sentence after the first comma?

Thank you so much

Pamela
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Hi Pamela,

1. I´ve found the "commitment" is a synonym for "engagement" is it really so? Could "commitment" be used without "working" in a more general way?
Yes. So can 'engagement'.

What do you mean by 'working engagements'?


2. Is it really necessary to r
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Dear Clive,

by working engagements I mean duties which are part of my job. Going to the office and have meetings,travelling, going to the bank etc
etc..I understand !"commitment" can be used as well.

Thanks
Pamela
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Hi,

Commitments - things you must do, things you have agreed to do

Engagements - usually involve things you have promised to do with other people, usually appointments

Clive
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Hi Clive,
thank you. So, right it would be "working commitments" or do you think it is not necessary to use "working"? I would like to stress the fact that these engagements are not for fun but strictly connected to my job.

Thanks!!

Pamela
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Hi,

The common term is 'work commitments'.

Clive

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