{"id":258,"date":"2008-06-09T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/i-have-asked-my-team-to-fulfill-the-following-roles\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T18:03:42","slug":"i-have-asked-my-team-to-fulfill-the-following-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/06\/i-have-asked-my-team-to-fulfill-the-following-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"“I have asked my team to fulfill the following roles.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw this in a message about a reorganization.<\/p>\n

Problem:<\/strong>
\nOne does not “fulfill” a role.<\/p>\n

Explanation:<\/strong>
\nThe verb “fulfill” means to bring into realization<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What the message writer meant to say was that he had asked his team members to perform the duties of new roles (that he described later in the message).<\/p>\n

One meaning of the verb “fill” is to perform the duties of<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This leads us to the solution.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong>
\n“I have asked my team members to fill the following roles.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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