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Sentence #393173

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Scott Scott May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 5:46:30 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Good luck with fighting the CCTV monitoring.

Scott Scott May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 5:49:21 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Slightly unusual sentence. You were asked by someone what YOUR rights are. Don't you want to say: "We were asked by the workers what their rights are..."

blay_paul blay_paul May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 5:54:01 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Oh, by "our rights" I meant 'our' as in the general public.

Scott Scott May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:17:44 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

It's still not clear to me who did the asking. Is it be something like this: "We were asked by a foreign diplomat what our rights are..."

blay_paul blay_paul May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:34:52 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

OK, OK, I'll name (imaginary) names.

blay_paul blay_paul May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:36:23 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

That's actually very close to the original sentence I adapted it from now.

Scott Scott May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:44:56 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

It's still not clear to me who is WazUpDude. Could I have his phone number?

blay_paul blay_paul May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 6:55:26 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

No, but if you click the imaginary forum link on the imaginary web page this sentence is (imagined to be) on then you can send him a PM.

sysko sysko May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 7:45:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

in fact CCTV is also the "china central TV"

TRANG TRANG May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 9:05:47 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Alright kids, let's stop this unnecessary debate before you start the World War III :P

Paul's initial sentence was perfectly fine in my opinion. It illustrates the fact that 'our' can be used to refer to the 'general public'.
Scott's translation was a perfectly fine translation the initial English sentence.

Please, Paul, edit your sentence back to how it initially was and let's move on to something else. Thank you :)

blay_paul blay_paul May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010 at 9:22:16 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Trang has spoken, let her will be done. m(_*_)m

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We were asked what our rights are in respect to CCTV monitoring at work.

added by blay_paul, May 24, 2010

Forum member WazUpDude asked the Reformed Liberty Association what our rights are in respect to CCTV monitoring at work.

edited by blay_paul, May 24, 2010

Forum member Scott asked the Civil Liberties Association what our rights are in respect to CCTV monitoring at work.

edited by blay_paul, May 24, 2010

We were asked what our rights are in respect to CCTV monitoring at work.

edited by blay_paul, May 24, 2010