Higher-ups

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rishonly

#190915 Mon, 30 Jan 06 11:21 PM

"Sharing the glory and bringing to the attention of higher-ups the efforts and accomplishments of others generate goodwill.".

(1) In the above sentence, the meaning of "higher-ups" is "superior officers".Is it correct?

(2) Can I rewrite the sentence as following?

"Sharing the glory and bringing the efforts and accomplishments of others to the attention of higher-ups generate goodwill."

rishonly

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Regards, Krish

paco2004

#190922 Mon, 30 Jan 06 11:53 PM

Yes, you are right. "A higher-up" is a US word to mean "a person who occupies a superior position". And I think your rephrase is better than the original. But I feel the sentential subject is a bit too long compared with the short predicate. I would rather go with like:"It will generate goodwill to share … bring …". I feel some oddness in the use of the simple present "generate". But I might be wrong as usual. Stick out tongue [:P]

paco

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rishonly

#190923 Mon, 30 Jan 06 11:56 PM

Paco2004 wrote:
Yes, you are right. "A higher-up" is a US word to mean "a person who occupies a superior position". And I think your rephrase is better than the original. But I feel the sentential subject is a bit too long compared with the short predicate. I would rather go with like:"It will generate goodwill to share … bring …". I feel some oddness in the use of the simple present "generate". But I might be wrong as usual.

paco

Thanks for your feedback, Paco2004.

rishonly

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