[Grammar] Undertake Employment

[learningspirit]

I have a question about the usage of "undertake employment" here:


"There are few employers currently offering a certificate of sponsorship to undertake employment. "


I cannot find "undertake" used with "employment" in dictionaries. Could the usage in the example be a regional idiom or an error?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is normal usage.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I cannot find "undertake" used with "employment" in dictionaries.

'undertake
1 to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work'── quoted from http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/undertake
I think employment is a piece of work, but I am not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Employment is not a piece of work, it is a job.

 

[Rover_KE]

Correct. To undertake employment is to take responsibility for doing a job.

 

[Polyester]

Rover_KE
Can I say "I should undertake employment for my job, because I'm the fireman. I have to save people in a bad situation."?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think it is not employment unless the hero gets paid, but I am not a teacher.

Employment is not a piece of work, it is a job.

Is it a comma splice?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, but a forgivable one. We accept some comma splices when the clauses are short and closely related.