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In the book Passport to the Pub by Kate Fox there is the following sentence.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This enforced maternity-leave from the local was clearly damaging to[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]the family unit, not to mention bad for business, and so the family pub[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]was created.[/FONT]
I have problems with the phrase maternity-leave in the context of the sentence. Maternity leave [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"[/FONT]is an employee benefit available in almost all countries that provides paid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"[/FONT]. But this does not fit to the meaning of the sentence as I undestand it – mothers were not allowed to go to pubs in the past and it caused problems with functioning of families. Can you please translate for me the part [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This enforced maternity-leave from the local was clearly damaging to the family unit… [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This enforced maternity-leave from the local was clearly damaging to[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]the family unit, not to mention bad for business, and so the family pub[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]was created.[/FONT]
I have problems with the phrase maternity-leave in the context of the sentence. Maternity leave [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"[/FONT]is an employee benefit available in almost all countries that provides paid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"[/FONT]. But this does not fit to the meaning of the sentence as I undestand it – mothers were not allowed to go to pubs in the past and it caused problems with functioning of families. Can you please translate for me the part [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This enforced maternity-leave from the local was clearly damaging to the family unit… [/FONT]