Division Approval and Divisional Approval

[Jellybeans31]

Hi,
What's the difference between "Division Approval" and "Divisional Approval"? Does the latter means "The approval of all divisions"?

Thanks.

 

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, Jellybeans. :hi:

We can give you a more helpful answer if you provide some context.

 

[Jellybeans31]

Welcome to the forum, Jellybeans. :hi:

We can give you a more helpful answer if you provide some context.

Hi 5jj,
Actually both terms haven't appeared in a context. I'm studying linguistics and this came when the instructor illustrated the difference in meaning between them. I just wanted to make sure that the information I receive is correct.

Thanks

 

[5jj]

Without context I don't know exactly what they mean.

 

[Jellybeans31]

Alright, Here you go. Sam went to the bank to apply for funding a project and he got a Division approval to do that. At the bank he was asked to bring the Divisional approval.

 

[emsr2d2]

As if by magic, some context appeared! ;-)

 

[Jellybeans31]

Actually i made it up:-|

 

[emsr2d2]

Actually I made it up. :-|

Even so, context is vital to our being able to say whether something is natural or not.

 

[5jj]

Alright, Here you go. Sam went to the bank to apply for funding a project and he got a Division approval to do that. At the bank he was asked to bring the Divisional approval.

Unfortunately I still don't know what you mean by 'Division(al) Aprroval'. Who or what is the division?

 

[SlickVic9000]

(Not a Teacher)

They both mean the same thing to me. You have approval from division leadership, hence "division(al) approval". I think of division here as a level of organization, as in "the 3rd Infantry Division".

 

[Jellybeans31]

like for example the translation division, English division, etc. in a university

 

[Jellybeans31]

(Not a Teacher)

They both mean the same thing to me. You have approval from division leadership, hence "division(al) approval". I think of division here as a level of organization, as in "the 3rd Infantry Division".

Ain't Divisional approval mean the approval of all divisions?

 

[Barb_D]

Ain't Divisional approval mean the approval of all divisions?

I would not understand it that way.
I really don't see a difference between them.

 

[Jellybeans31]

I would not understand it that way.
I really don't see a difference between them.

Well, the instructor said that the native speaker understands the term "Divisional approval" automatically as the approval of all divisions. What do you think?

 

[5jj]

Well, you've had a speaker of BrE and a speaker of AmE who don't understand it that way.

(And it's still not clear what is meant by 'divisions'.)

 

[charliedeut]

Ain't Divisional approval mean the approval of all divisions?

I believe - if no major changes have taken place in my long absence - you sould refrain from using "ain't" unless you use it as a part of a question bugging you or in the "slang" forum.

Please, moderators, correct me if I'm wrong. :up:

charliedeut

 

[Jellybeans31]

Well, you've had a speaker of BrE and a speaker of AmE who don't understand it that way.

(And it's still not clear what is meant by 'divisions'.)[/QUOT

As far as I know a Division is a department that is tasked or is responsible for a particular job within an organization. Forgive me for asking too much but I always believed that if you really want to know a language you have to talk to native speaker.

 

[Barb_D]

You can ask as many questions as you want. 5jj is a British speaker. I'm an American speaker. We see no difference in division approval and divisional approval. I certainly would not think that "divisional approval" meant "every division has approved."

 

[Jellybeans31]

I believe - if no major changes have taken place in my long absence - you sould refrain from using "ain't" unless you use it as a part of a question bugging you or in the "slang" forum.

Please, moderators, correct me if I'm wrong. :up:

charliedeut

Thanks for the tip. Next time I'll use the formal language. Didn't know that slang is not allowed in this forum

 

[charliedeut]

Thanks for the tip. Next time I'll use the formal language. Didn't know that slang is not allowed in this forum

It's just a matter of not misleading other learners. Not all of them are able to recognise slang forms, which might lead them to use those terms in the wrong context.

charliedeut