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leslie
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: screening employees |
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Hi,
I don't understand this sentence. what does it mean?
Are you limited in anyway to screening potential employees?
Thank you in advance.
Leslie
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jennyxj
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:57 am Post subject: Re: screening employees |
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| leslie wrote: |
Hi,
I don't understand this sentence. what does it mean?
Are you limited in anyway to screening potential employees?
Thank you in advance.
Leslie |
I think it means the person who asks this question wants to know how the potential employees (applicants) are being selected.
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leslie
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: Thank you, but why use the passive voice? |
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Thank you, jennyxj. That's what I guessed in the first place. But what puzzled me was if 'you' (a company) is the subject who can limit, why used the passive voice? (Are you limited?) Is it the correct and natural way to express the idea? Can I use "Do you limit in any way to screening potential employees? ?
Any comments are welcome!!
Thank you in advance!
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jennyxj
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, but why use the passive voice? |
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| leslie wrote: |
Thank you, jennyxj. That's what I guessed in the first place. But what puzzled me was if 'you' (a company) is the subject who can limit, why used the passive voice? (Are you limited?) Is it the correct and natural way to express the idea? Can I use "Do you limit in any way to screening potential employees? ?
Any comments are welcome!!
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You can either say someone is limited to something or someone/sth. limits someone/sth. to sth.
Here the speaker sees the Company as a subject, so:
Are you limited to...?
and
Does...limit you to...?
are correct.
But there must be a cause following "does", which isn't obviously the case here. So you may only use the passive voice here.
Hope I've made myself clear. 
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leslie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Thank you once again jennyxj. I think I got the point now. Thanks for your help.
Leslie
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