"He is not at the office today."?

[Andy]

Dear all,

Could anyone please kindly advice the following:

I am just wondering how many different expressions are there to say: "He is
not at the office today."

Can I say:

"He is on leave today."?
"He... off ... today."?
"He... day off ... today."?

Actually I am confused by how to use the word "off" or "day-off" correctly.

Thank you all very much!

Andy

[Neeraj Nagarkatti]

There are two possibilities:

He is not at the office today because:

(1). he is ill
(2). he has taken the day off (as you suggest).

I gather that you are looking for expressions for (2).

You could also say:

He is absent from work today
He is away from work today
He is off (work) today
He's got the day-off today
He's gone AWOL (absent without leave)
He's not required to work today
He's pulling a sickie (i.e not going to work because you are feigning illness)
He's not present at the office today.

I'm sure there are more expressions...

Hope this helps

Neeraj.

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[John Dean]

"Neeraj Nagarkatti" <nee...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3CC11CEE...@ntlworld.com...

> There are two possibilities:
>
> He is not at the office today because:
>
> (1). he is ill
> (2). he has taken the day off (as you suggest).
>

or

3 - He's on a training course
4 - He is travelling on business
5 - He is working in a different location

--
John Dean
Oxford
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[Peter Duncanson]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:25:11 +0100, "John Dean"
<john...@frag.lineone.net> wrote:

>
>"Neeraj Nagarkatti" <nee...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>news:3CC11CEE...@ntlworld.com...
>> There are two possibilities:
>>
>> He is not at the office today because:
>>
>> (1). he is ill
>> (2). he has taken the day off (as you suggest).
>>
>or
>
>3 - He's on a training course
>4 - He is travelling on business
>5 - He is working in a different location

6 - He is away on a visit.

Meaning: he, (the owner of small computer systems supplier in
England) is in prison for a few months and we the office staff
are attempting to keep this a secret. This actually happened a
few years ago. The fact of the owner's imprisonment was know far
and wide and phone callers had fun asking questions about him
without letting on that they knew.

--
Peter D.
UK

[meirman]

In alt.english.usage on Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:18:54 +0100 Peter
Duncanson <ma...@peterduncanson.net> posted:

>On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:25:11 +0100, "John Dean"
><john...@frag.lineone.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Neeraj Nagarkatti" <nee...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>news:3CC11CEE...@ntlworld.com...
>>> There are two possibilities:
>>>
>>> He is not at the office today because:
>>>
>>> (1). he is ill
>>> (2). he has taken the day off (as you suggest).
>>>
>>or
>>
>>3 - He's on a training course
>>4 - He is travelling on business
>>5 - He is working in a different location
>
>6 - He is away on a visit.

7 - He was abducted by extra-terrestrials.

Never forget them.

>
>Meaning: he, (the owner of small computer systems supplier in
>England) is in prison for a few months and we the office staff
>are attempting to keep this a secret. This actually happened a
>few years ago. The fact of the owner's imprisonment was know far
>and wide and phone callers had fun asking questions about him
>without letting on that they knew.

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say if you are posting the same response.

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