Re: Which is correct: "I appreciate you..." or "I appreciate your..."
- From: Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:57:43 -0400
On 4 Jun 2006 23:47:59 -0700, "TOF" <fran_beta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter Moylan wrote:
Fred wrote:
But he or she may have been the interviewer. Does 'I was the one
interviewing for the job' mean 'I was the one interviewing applicants
for the job' or 'I was the one being interviewed' for the job? It
means the first option to me.
AOL.
Is this something that has different meanings in different countries? In
AusE, "I was interviewing for the job" can never be interpreted as
meaning "I was being interviewed for the job."
I've heard it used that way quite commonly in teaching. I agree with
Franke that it is fairly ambiguous, but when I answered "void" I relied
on the broader context -- in this case, his need for some sort of thank
you note. To me this latter sense, (being the applicant) is a bit like
the concept in AmE of "taking a meeting". Here, the applicant is
submitting to interview, or interviewing *FOR* the job (as opposed to
interviewing [for =] *on behalf of* the relevant employer).
I hope you understand that ordinary Americans don't "take a meeting".
I've never used that expression, and I've never been around people who
do.
I think it started out as a Hollywood expression used by movie
industry people because they like to speak in jargon. It was used in
some movies in dialog with movie industry people, and some people
adopted it as catchy. It has very minimal use here.
I'd put it in the category of "Make my day".
If you think that "take a meeting" is commonly used by the general
American public, then I'm allowed to think that Australians throw a
shrimp on the barbie.
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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