Name: English Tutor Nick P Adjective Phrase (18) Between Jobs
Uploaded: 2019-05-16T14:42:59.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective  Phrase 18. The adjective phrase today is

between jobs. Okay,  Let's take a look at the note here.  Technically speaking,

To-infinitive

the phrase between jobs was supposed to mean someone left one job and was going

to start another job in the near future.  Now this could really be.  I mean maybe

you actually got another job in another company,  but it's probably not

going to start until maybe next month and maybe you know you're leaving your other

job maybe three weeks early, or a month early. And then in that sense you are

truly between jobs.  However,  today it's used mostly in

another way. So that's basically what I what it meant. It meant leaving one job

was planning to start a new job in the near future.

However,  today is mostly used as a euphemism. Remember, when we say

euphemism that's a word we use that's just a nicer word. It's it's a nicer word

instead of saying ... instead of saying another word.  So it's a used as a euphemism for

unemployed . Unemployed doesn't sound good. It  sounds negative. It  sounds like you're

out of work.  I don't know,  maybe you're not ambitious enough.  I don't know but

anyway between jobs sounds much nicer than unemployed. So sometimes ... a lot of

times people will use between jobs. What are you doing right now ? I'm between jobs.

A lot of people,  they don't want to say I'm unemployed.  I haven't worked for

a long time. No.  I'm between jobs. It sounds more inspirational. It sounds more

like ,  you know maybe something's going to happen pretty soon. So this is why it's

used. So let's take a look at a few examples here. Example number one.  what

does her husband do for a living ? Remember that's a very common way that

we ask what is somebody's job ?  it's a very formal way. It is one of the most common

ways to ask what someone does for a living .  What someone does for their job. And this

of course is an a/b part. So B says,  he is between jobs.

He got downsized from his last company six months ago.

Basically he got fired.  Downsized doesn't sound quite so bad.  It sounds like it

wasn't your fault. It probably means the company was running out of work. They're

not doing as well. So they'll let people go. Maybe they let a lot of people go at

the same time. So he got downsized,  but still it's been a while. Maybe it's been

six months,  but still he's saying he's between job. Or maybe the wife or

somebody else is saying he's between jobs. It  sounds much nicer. And number two.

Well it's this again is  an a/b part. Now A would probably be the interviewer. So it

might actually be on an interview And the interviewer may say what is your

present employment ? And of course you're probably not working. You probably are

unemployed. So B would answer,  I'm between jobs at the moment. Again it's a nicer

way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.  I don't have a job at this time.

Okay. Anyway,  I hope you got it. I  hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.