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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:34 am Post subject: on?with? |
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Could anyone explain the *on* but not *with*?
Wegner worked for Jackson before he slipped on ice at the ranch and left *on* disability.
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BMO
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:40 am Post subject: |
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On involves some financial support from the company whereas with doesn't have such an indication.
(The company will pay for his disability retirement, disability insurance, etc.)
Try www.onelook.com.
Below is from Cambridge Online.
Definition
on (FINANCIAL SUPPORT)
preposition
used to show what is providing financial support or an income:
I've only got �50 a week to live on at the moment.
He retired on a generous pension from the company. |
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bud
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job, BMO! I couldn't have explained that.
By the way, Missdaredevil, in this sentence "disability" is referring to insurance payments, not to the medical condition itself. (Just in case you didn't know.) |
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BMO
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hehehe, thanks Bud.
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: insurance payment |
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| bud wrote: |
Nice job, BMO! I couldn't have explained that.
By the way, Missdaredevil, in this sentence "disability" is referring to insurance payments, not to the medical condition itself. (Just in case you didn't know.) |
Does the insurance payment refer to payment covered for disability damage?
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bud
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The implication is that Wegner suffered an injury when he slipped on the ice. The injury made it impossible for him to continue working. Since he had some kind of medical insurance with disability coverage, he will paid disability (benefits) on a regular basis until he is able to work again or until the insurance runs out. |
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missdaredevil
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:18 am Post subject: anothe question |
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| bud wrote: |
| he will paid disability (benefits) on a regular basis until he is able to work again or until the insurance runs out. |
Is he the one that has to shell out payments in order to have his disability insurance covered? |
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bud
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| It's possible. More likely in most states in the US, the employee and employer both pay part of the cost. |
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