Remote vs Remotely

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chanbr

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I see people use both of the following sentences. Are they both correct?

1. Working remote on Wednesday.

2. Working remotely on Wednesday.
 

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I see people use both of the following sentences. Are they both correct?

1. Working remote on Wednesday.

2. Working remotely on Wednesday.

Neither one makes sense.
 

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I see people use both of the following sentences. Are they both correct?

1. Working remote on Wednesday.

2. Working remotely on Wednesday.

With #2, do you mean "I/He/She/You/We/They will be working remotely (ie from home or from another location) on Wednesday"?
 

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If you are trying to save characters for some reason, or the message is part of a longer one where normally included words are omitted (newspaper-headline style), then yes. For example, as part of an "Out Of Office" message:

On leave Tuesday.
Working remotely Wednesday.
Back in office Thursday.
 

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I see people use both of the following sentences. Are they both correct?

If they're meant to be grammatical sentences, then they don't work. Neither of them has a main verb.
 
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