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Can we interchange "atone for" with "compensate for"? "Management compensated us for the time we worked" "Management atoned us for the time we worked"
1 ส.ค. 2019 เวลา 8:36
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No. The word you need is "compensate". "Atone" does not take an object in this way.
1 สิงหาคม 2019
3
No, you can't. 'Compensate' is a common word in this context and it refers to something practical: it just means that they paid you for the time you worked or gave you extra time off. 'Atone' is not a normal everyday word. It has moral and religious overtones and we would never use it in this context. Atonement relates to the moral concept of wrongdoing, and is something personal to you, or between you and God.
1 สิงหาคม 2019
No. They have difference nuances. Compensation is more of an exchange; atonement is a stronger word used when there is real regret and repentance. Compensation would also be used in legal contexts, rather than atonement.
1 สิงหาคม 2019
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