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15-Jan-2008, 04:34
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| |  Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
Alloting duties helped the team work more efficiently.
I doubt if the second would sound as good as the first. Your advice? Thanks. |
15-Jan-2008, 04:56
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| |  Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
I would definitely say that "assigning" sounds better. |
15-Jan-2008, 05:00
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| | Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
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Originally Posted by jamiep  I would definitely say that "assigning" sounds better. | Thanks, jamiep.
To make sure, does "assigning duties" do the trick in the base sentence? |
15-Jan-2008, 05:02
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| | Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
Yes, "assigning duties" is fine. |
15-Jan-2008, 05:04
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| | Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
As an afterthought, I would talk about an "allotted time" or "allotted desk" as examples. |
15-Jan-2008, 10:53
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| | Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
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Originally Posted by jamiep As an afterthought, I would talk about an "allotted time" or "allotted desk" as examples. | Thanks, Jamie.
But what does "alloted desk" mean? |
15-Jan-2008, 23:12
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| | Re: Assigning responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently.
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Originally Posted by angliholic Thanks, Jamie.
But what does "alloted desk" mean? | Allotted desk >> a specific desk is indicated for the person.
I am not clear as to what this has to do with making people work efficiently by allotting tasks to them. |
16-Jan-2008, 03:18
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