Taking a day off [closed]
Is anyone willing to take a day during the week off?
What does this sentence imply? I wanted to let employees know that they can take another day off. Please advise if the first sentence is correct.
Solution 1:
That sentence doesn't express what you want. If the day is the one supposed to be taken off, then keep off next to it.
Is anyone willing to take a day off during the week?
The sentence
Is anyone willing to take a day during the week off?
is asking if anyone is willing to take a day, an action that could be different from the idiomatic take a day off. Furthermore, it is asking that if they are willing to do that action during the week that is being called off, where off is being used as an adjective. This is, the week is being called worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate, or it is being said that the whole week is the one that is work-free.