in the business of acting

English translation: their job to be

07:50 Mar 2, 2018

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

English term or phrase: in the business of acting

teachers are not in the business of acting as shooters

cristina gutierrez

Selected answer:their job to be

Explanation:
It is not teachers' job to be shooters.

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Terry Richards
France
Local time: 11:24

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +8

their job to be

Terry Richards

Perpetrators

Morad Seif

Não é o proposito de professores atuar como atiradores

airmailrpl

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

their job to be

Explanation:
It is not teachers' job to be shooters.

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 120

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

4 mins confidence:

Perpetrators

Explanation:
Teachers are not perpetrators of school shooting.

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Note added at 5 mins (2018-03-02 07:56:23 GMT)
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https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/2/22/17041382/school-s...

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Note added at 6 mins (2018-03-02 07:57:40 GMT)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

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Note added at 8 mins (2018-03-02 07:59:40 GMT)
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Though the perpetrators of school shootings are often said to be almost exclusively white males, this is misleading.

Morad Seif
Türkiye
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

AllegroTrans: "perpetrators" of shooting(s) applies to the criminal(s) concerned but doesn't work here // I am sorry but your suggested "Teachers are not perpetrators of school shooting" is simply not natural-sounding English

3 hrs

-> Shooting others, is both a criminal act and an act of violence, so it definitely collocates with perpetrators as many creditable news agencies use. Anyhow, thanks.

neutral

Terry Richards: This is almost certainly about the plan to arm teachers to fight *against* the perpetrators. You used perpetrators correctly but misunderstood the phrase.

6 hrs

-> Thank you, by the way.

neutral

Robert Forstag: Agree with previous comments. “Perpetrators” would simply be wrong here.

8 hrs

-> Thank you, by the way.

37 mins confidence:

teachers are not in the business of acting as shooters Não é o proposito de professores atuar como atiradores

Explanation:
Os professores não estão no negócio de atuar como atiradores

teachers are not in the business of acting as shooters => Não é o proposito de professores atuar como atiradores

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

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