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saint57
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A question is usually followed by a question mark. You did ask a question in your opening sentence, didn't you ? (note the correct use of question marks here).
What is 'english' ? Surely it should be capitalised.
'Or at least ..' is a continuation of the same sentence and doesn't stand up as a sentence on its own.
So, my grammar is'nt always perfect. Strike a chord ? |
Absolutely perfect retort. |
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ezhoucitygirl
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:49 am Post subject: |
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So, general opinion is that 'line bullying' is something to do with line management bullies or bullying on the assembly line.
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Bayden
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| In a flash of genius it came to me last night, as I often ponder on the unsolved mysteries of the universe. I actually think line bullying is where your manager bullies you and you bully your underlings etc etc, as in your line manager, chain of command type thingy wotsit. Does that make sense? |
Doood! You're thinking about this stuff when you're away from the comp? You need to get some hobbies.
(Still can't find 'wot' in the dictionary.) |
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Roger
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| perhaps "bulleting" you know making bullets at the head of a line in a list of such lines. |
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ymmv
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Any definitions ? Its work related ..a Chinese teacher found it in a workbook and I am stumped ....
Stil ...Not sure of the context ..he just threw it at me ....
Sth to do with 'working on the line' maybe , perhaps ..I dunno |
If you google "line bullying" (with quotation marks), you'll see that a large number of the results relate to on-line bullying.
Now if your colleague gave you the context of "working on the line", perhaps he meant "working on-line".
Ergo .... well, you get the idea....
Go back and ask your colleague if the workbook article was about the Internet. |
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sttwo
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: Line bullying |
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Without more context I would think it simply means rough-housing or horsing around in a line among "Kool cats".
Likely whoever wrote the tripe understood what bullying was and wanted to describe a situation in a line where it occurred. |
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Super Frank
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Bayden: please shoot me. |
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Bayden
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Super Frank wrote: |
| Bayden: please shoot me. |
There's got to be a better way. |
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Super Frank
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| Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| You're right, hold a large pillow over my face |
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Bayden
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| Super Frank wrote: |
| You're right, hold a large pillow over my face |
I was thinking strangulation. |
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