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2013年12月1日 · Hi, should I write boss's or boss'? I know for plural nouns like students, we should write students', but how about singular word ending with s like boss or Achilles? and the pronunciation too. Thanks.
Pronunciation: boss' / boss's [possessive] - WordReference Forums
2017年7月15日 · Hi, ''Have you seen boss' wife'' Why is the adjective written '' boss' '' but pronounced '' bosses''? If I'm correct, it could be ambiguous whether it is singular or plural in terms of pronunciation, but in this context it's singular. So …
pronunciation: boss's - WordReference Forums
2016年9月22日 · (Not the case with "the boss's handwriting" even if pronounced quickly.) These two sites specify that boss's is pronounced like bosses (that is, with /z/ at the end): Cracking the ACT by Geoff Martz, Kim Magloire, and Theodore Silver, and Multimedia English Classroom.
I am blocking ( blocking out ) your time to discuss or reserving …
2014年12月24日 · This may be a cultural difference, but in the U.S. an underling can't reserve or block out time on his boss's calendar. You could request time, suggest a meeting, invite him to a meeting or other similar non-commanding language.
Formal word for "boss" - WordReference Forums
2017年10月14日 · Hi, the dictionaries I use say that "boss" is an informal word. I'm wondering what word you would use instead in a formal situation, a job interview for example. Interviewer: I'm impressed. Who taught you all these? You: My boss at my last job. Since a "superior" doesn't necessary mean a boss...
when a friend says he needs to see a doctor - WordReference …
2009年2月17日 · "Nothing serious, I hope," is indeed a classic response. However I'm not fond of it and if I heard it from an actual friend (as opposed to my boss's boss at work) it would sound a bit glib and uncaring. It would make me want to respond, well, I'm going to get the results of the cancer test which will tell me how long I have to live.
a polite way to ask for absence for a meeting - WordReference …
2013年10月21日 · You say that attendance is compulsory, so I think that whether you are asking your boss's permission or informing your boss, you need to state the reason for your absence, for example, "because my grandmother has just died, and that is the day of her funeral."
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2007年4月22日 · How do you mean "more formal"? Do you have a specific situation in mind, like offering to pay for your boss's meal, maybe? The phrases you mention are all polite enough expressions, but casual rather than formal. I would hesitate to be so casual with someone in a "superior" position - it might sound patronising.
s' or s's with proper nouns - Chris' or Chris's dog?
2005年5月13日 · Our evidence shows that for common nouns more writers use 's than the apostrophe alone: the boss's desk, the princess's wedding are more common than the boss' desk, the princess' wedding. But when a polysyllabic s or z noun is followed by a word beginning with an s or z sound, the apostrophe alone is more frequent: for convenience' sake.
at work- people at a lower and higher position
2012年2月27日 · What do you call a person at work that is at a higher position than you (a supervisor?) and at a lower position ?