Approaching the phrases “essential workers” and “essential work” with a linguistic eye can help explain why the people doing the work feel cut out of the frame. Usually, when we say something is essential, we say it’s essential to or for something — for example, “Proper gear is essential for completing this mission.” Read More...
When we say ‘essential workers’, we really mean essential work
Approaching the phrases “essential workers” and “essential work” with a linguistic eye can help explain why the people doing the work feel cut out of the frame. Usually, when we say something is essential, we say it’s essential to or for something — for example, “Proper gear is essential for completing this mission.”
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