Yonsu99
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- Korean
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- China
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- South Korea
All three have ended up in management jobs at the McDonald's restaurant on Peterson Avenue on Chicago's north side, overseeing the 50 other immigrants on a staff of 55. Dead-End Jobs? Not for These Three
The news article was quoted in my workbook, I don't understand the preposition "on" in "the 50 other immigrants on a staff of 55" and why not 'staffs' but "a staff" was used. My gut feeling is that "the 50 other immigrants on a staff of 55" should be "the 50 other immigrants working as staffs of all the 55 staffs" Can you throw a light on why singular 'staff' was used in 'a staff of 55' and the function of preposition 'on'?