http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807521Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:27:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:807521nessie0000http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807521http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-807521.xmlHi Amy, Here is the context: &quot;In one company the CEO put some 200 people through exercises to show how a 10 percent decline in demand would affect every aspect of the company, from sales and margins to inventories and even the 401(k) plan. Those exercises got people&#39;s brains oriented toward protecting cash and encouraged them to collaborate and work better in teams. Such exercises provide an opportunity to educate line people on the financial consequences of their actions by using real numbers and cut through the confusion they have from what they read in the media.&quot;http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807380Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:27:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:807380Yankee1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807380http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-807380.xmlHi Nessie The word &quot;set&quot; in &quot;set the tone&quot; means &quot;establish&quot; and the word &quot;tone&quot; is rougly the same as &quot;atmosphere&quot;. In other words, the author is talking about establishing a desirable atmosphere, and that atmosphere is one in which all of the employees have a positive outlook, and also that there is an atmosphere of trust, openness and respect in the company. Where did you see &quot;line people&quot; used?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807313Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:30:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:807313nessie0002http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807313http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-807313.xmlBy the way, does &#39;line people&#39; mean the same as &#39;line managers&#39; in this case? +_+ I&#39;m still very confused...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807035Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:10:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:807035sunsail3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/2/jklxw/Post.htm#807035http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-807035.xmlHello &quot;when the authors mentions..&quot; when authors mention? Best Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806757Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:26:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806757nessie0004http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806757http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806757.xmlThanks a lot, everybody Here is the further context (it&#39;s a part of the book): SET THE TONE First, you will need to exude the honest conviction that the company will come the storm successfully. You must earn the trust, confidence, and collaboration of not only your peers among the senior managers of the company but also their subordinates, who are on the firing line. Second, you will need to present facts and details of the company’s financial health under different scenarios of future demand and market conditions in a format people can comprehend. You will have to be honest and forthcoming about those scenarios. Don’t be tempted to sandbag. CFOs have a tendency not to trust line managers to do the right thing in...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806734Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:05:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806734Grammar Geek5http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806734http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806734.xmlWhen you sandbag, you overstate a need. You sandbag your budget by saying you need $1.2 million when you really only need $1 million (so that when they cut your budget by 10% you still have enough). You sandbag when you say that it will take 480 labor hours to get something done when you think it will really only take 440, so that when it comes in a week early, you look good.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806344Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:35:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806344Yankee6http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806344http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806344.xmlHi Nessie Here is my input. The definitions I give are based on how the words are used in the context: 1. to sandbag: to conceal or misrepresent something 2. The context in which I have most often heard the term &quot;line manager&quot; is in production. Thus, for me this would frequently be a person who oversees the people who are actually building or assembling a company&#39;s product(s). However, I also think that different companies use this term somewhat differently. So, it may also be used more generally as a term for the person who oversees a particular line of products, for example. The term I have most often heard used for the person who oversees one particular product is &quot;product manager&quot;. 3. in case = in the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806195Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:18:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806195sunsail7http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806195http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806195.xmlHi this is very usual business language.In the meetings you can use this to tell people how you estimate risks and what kind of precautions you make,or to show them how cautious you are. &quot;reserve without telling anyone in case the company looks like it might come up short at the end of the quarter.&quot; Best Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806191Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:05:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806191nessie0008http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806191http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806191.xmlHi Sunsail :) Thank you very much for your answer. So you mean line manager is the manager who manages a product line? and line people are the people who work in a product line? As for in case , I myself also understand it as what you quoted, but then the sentence seems so... odd. P.S. Your avatar is very impressivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806169Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:48:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806169sunsail9http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806169http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806169.xmlHello &quot;Line Manager&quot; is a kind of job title,like &quot;c2 product line manager&quot;,and there is &quot;c2 product line&quot; ,and if you need educate/train people who work at this &quot;c2 product line&quot; it&#39;s all about &quot;c2 product line&quot;.of cource there are managers and people working in it. in case,see this 17.in case, if it should happen that; if: In case I am late, don&#39;t wait to start dinner. 18.in case of, in the event of; if there should be: In case of an error in judgment, the group leader will be held responsible dictionary.com Best Regardshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806106Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:57:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:806106nessie00010http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#806106http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-806106.xmlThank you very much, pkr. Line manager: What about &#39;line people&#39;? - &#39;&#39;Such exercises provide an opportunity to educate line people on the financial consequences of their actions by using real numbers and cut through the confusion they have from what they read in the media In case: Sorry but I still don&#39;t think it means &#39;if&#39; here +_+http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#805759Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:14:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:805759pkr11http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htm#805759http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-805759.xmlyes Business Definition for: Line Manager an employee&#39;s immediate superior, who oversees and has responsibility for the employee&#39;s work. A line manager at the lowest level of a large organization is a supervisor, but a manager at any level with direct responsibility for employees&#39; work can be described as a line manager. in case=ifhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htmFri, 03 Jul 2009 09:19:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804244nessie00012http://www.englishforums.com/English/DontBeTemptedToSandbag/jklxw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804244.xmlHi, Please have a look at this: You will need to present facts and details of the company’s financial health under different scenarios of future demand and market conditions in a format people can comprehend. You will have to be honest and forthcoming about those scenarios. Don’t be tempted to sandbag. CFOs have a tendency not to trust line managers to do the right thing in all cases and therefore put some resources in reserve without telling anyone in case the company looks like it might come up short at the end of the quarter. 1. Does the bold part mean &#39;don&#39;t be tempted to eluding the reality&#39;? 2. What does &#39;line managers&#39; mean? 3. Does &#39;in case... of the quarter&#39; mean...