Name: ‘Situation’, ‘position’ and ‘condition’ - Learners' Questions
Uploaded: 2020-03-26T04:41:48.000Z
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What's the difference between situation, position and condition?

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Condition is a noun describes the physical state of something or someone.

We usually talk about things being in good, bad or terrible condition.

For example, I bought this top three years ago, and it's still in good condition.

Look how white that efforts conditions as a plural can refer to the environment.

We talk about doing something under good, bad or terrible conditions.

For example, the storm meant that we had to abandon climbing the mountain under such difficult conditions, and in this way we can talk about living conditions or working conditions.

That's the environment in which we live or work.

So, for example, this office needs more light to meet basic working conditions.

Finally, we can talk about a condition or conditions needing to be met or satisfied, and that means that something must be done before something else can happen.

For example, in order to get this job, you need to meet certain conditions.

Qualifications, for example, Situation is a noun that refers to a specific set of conditions in a particular place at a particular time.

After a natural disaster, for example, we might say that the situation in the country is not good.

We often combine other words with situation to create more specific contexts.

We can talk about the economic or financial situation and, of course, don't forget about situation comedies or sitcoms as they're commonly known.

These are TV shows that put a bunch of characters in a specific place at a specific time.

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For example, the position of this F is on my chest, but we can also refer to positioning something somewhere.

For example, please position the flowers on a window ledge to get maximum sunlight in another way, position can refer to opinion.

Your position is your opinion on something.

For example, my position is that recycling is essential and everybody's responsibility.

Finally, position can mean job or roll when writing to apply for a job you might write, I am writing to apply for the position of producer as advertised on your website.

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