sacked from (his job)

[Tan Elaine]

The following is from a local newspaper.

Singaraja was placed under arrest and as he appeared intoxicated, he was sent for a blood test. It revealed a blood alcoholism level of 114 mg per 100 ml. He was sacked from his job.

Are the words in bold needed? I guess they are not necessary.

Thanks.

 

[5jj]

They are necessary if you wish to convey the message that he was sacked. Being arrested for drunk driving does not lead to automatic dismissal in many jobs.

 

[emsr2d2]

The following is from a local newspaper.

Singaraja was placed under arrest and, as he appeared intoxicated, he was sent for a blood test. It revealed a blood alcohol[STRIKE]ism[/STRIKE] level of 114 mg per 100 ml. He was sacked from his job.

Are the words in bold needed? I guess they are not necessary.

Thanks.

The words in bold are "from his job". Those, in my opinion, are redundant. "To be sacked" means "to be dismissed from your employment/job" so I don't think you need both. I would probably join the last two parts of the piece together though, to avoid a very terse final sentence: "It revealed a blood alcohol level of 114mg per 100ml and, as a result, he was sacked.

Note that it's the "blood alcohol level/limit" not "alcoholism", which is an illness.

There is another definition of "to be sacked" but it refers to the sport of American Football (gridiron), and I don't think there's any danger of a reader thinking that was the result of being over the blood alcohol limit.

 

[5jj]

The words in bold are "from his job". Those, in my opinion, are redundant.

You are right. Sorry - I misread the question.

 

[Rover_KE]

Somehow, I like from his job left in. It makes it clear that it was his day job he was sacked from and not from his position as his church's temperance counsellor or the old folks' minibus driver.

It would have been better if the sentence had read 'He lost his job' or 'His employer sacked him'.

Rover