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  1. Employee vs Employe Which Is More Correct/Common

    Employe is a rare dated alternative spelling of the more common employee (AHD) Ngram: an employe. Ngram: an employee vs an employe From French employé. Employe (plural …

  2. Employees vs Staff - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 24, 2017 · This is an example of the very common phenomenon in English (and many other languages for that matter) of having two similar words coming from different origins. Staff is a …

  3. vocabulary - Single-word term for "Number of employees"

    Nov 30, 2015 · Is there a single-word term for "Number of employees" as in "our company's number of employees"?

  4. terminology - What's the term for "government worker"? - English ...

    Oct 6, 2016 · In English, there is no single umbrella term systematically used for workers employed by the government (unlike the word "fonctionnaire" in French or the terms …

  5. Is there a word for people who directly report to me in office?

    Feb 28, 2018 · Report is the common word used in this context. See the 4th definition under noun, in OLD: Report An employee who reports to another employee. Although they are your …

  6. etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Why do we say “gimme five?” Because there are five fingers on the hand, being placed against the speaker’s open hand as in an act of giving. Same reason a slang synonym is “gimme …

  7. single word requests - What do you call someone with the same ...

    Apr 10, 2018 · What do you call someone who works in the same field or occupation as you do, but in a different company or organization?

  8. grammatical number - Does "staff" take a plural verb? - English ...

    Sep 21, 2010 · In British English, one can say "our staff do", because they use plural verbal agreement to emphasize when an entity is made up of a group of people, whether this entity …

  9. Is the term "low-level employee" considered to be derogatory?

    Jun 19, 2016 · I recently saw a TV show where an executive referred to an assistant as a low-level employee. Is it considered appropriate or derogatory?

  10. pronunciation - How are "i.e." and "e.g." pronounced? - English ...

    Aug 12, 2010 · How are i.e. and e.g. pronounced? When I was in college, one of my philosophy professors instructed us to use translated English for abbreviated or initialized latinisms when …