Aynad  +  378378 Tue, 12 Jun 07 07:37 AM show up to work???   <<< By they way is that the correct way of asking, or can I say When someone didn't show up to work?? Well let me explain why I did this question, sometimes at work I need to call or email a lot of people asking them why certain person(s) doesn't have his full day of work, I need to know if it is because he is on medical leave, vacation or simply because he didn't go to work. In the later case when the person doesn't have a justification I don't have to pay him,  in Spanish we called this situation "Falta Injustificada"  I just want to know how you say that in English. I would appreciate everyone who helps me or explains me this, it has bothered me for so long because when I'm trying to get this information I don't know how to ask that. Thanks in advanced.  Aynad Joined on Wed, Apr 25 2007 Mexico New Member 20 ~Aynad

	Grammar Geek  +  378527 Tue, 12 Jun 07 02:43 PM You can ask if he was out for medical leave, vacation, some other excused absense, or simply a no-show that day. A no-show is when the person simply doesn't show up at work. A more formal way to is say, "Was this an unexcused absence?" Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,508 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!