is sack more used than fire?
I'd been completely sure or been aware of only one verb to get rid of an employee, that is to fire them...until I read loads of times JK Rowling using the word 'sack' to mean fire... (as in 'She might give you a sack'). That is to say, I didn't encounter even once the usage of fire.
So I was wondering if you actually say 'to sack someone' most of the time.
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No. "To fire" is far more common. "To sack" is slang.
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https://www.italki.com/question/395384
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Sack here is more of a British thing.
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I believe it depends on the country the speaker is from. I am from the US and we use the word "fire" in that situation, but both will be understood if you use them in that context.
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that's the tough thing about the English language: just the wrong article and boom... the meaning has changed quite a bit.
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