deemed

English translation: considered/thought of as

20:36 Nov 15, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Accounting
English term or phrase: deemed
This employee replacement shall not be deemed premature termination of Contractor agreement.

Is this sentence OK?
adda
Selected answer:considered/thought of as
Explanation:
You don't give sufficient context to properly answer this but here is my take on this.

There is an agreement.

I assume that it lists employees (perhaps by name). This is fairly common when discussing a Governemt/Contractor relationship, especially if there are security clearance or access issues involved.

Obviously there is a clause in this agreement that allows for replacement of employees (due to illness, incompetence, etc).

Since (in my theory) this agreement lists employees by name, this clause is inserted so that replacement of an employee will not be considered a premature/early termination of this Contractor agreement.
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5 +3considered/thought of as
Robert Donahue (X)
5This employee replacement . . .
Java Cafe
4slight change
Kim Metzger
4This employee replacement shall not be deemed AS A premature termination of Contractor agreement
Neil Phillipson
3 -1Not really ;-)
Michel A.


  

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slight change


Explanation:
This employee replacement shall not be deemed premature termination of the contract.


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ken Cox: I'd use 'deemed to be', but just plain 'deemed' is probably OK as well; I certainly wouldn't replace 'Contractor agreeement' with 'contract' (a Contractor agreement is an agreement with respect to someone formally acting as a contractor).
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Not really ;-)


Explanation:
This employee replacement will not necessarily lead to premature termination of Contractor agreement.



Michel A.
Local time: 09:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ken Cox: 'deem' means 'to regard or consider in a specified manner', and it can usually be paraphrased as 'regard as equivalent to'
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This employee replacement shall not be deemed AS A premature termination of Contractor agreement


Explanation:
If you want to use "to be deemed", as in your original phrase, you will need to add 'as a". Alternatively, Michel's phrase is a good one.

I hope it helps,
Neil.

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-11-15 21:02:19 GMT)
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This employee replacement shall not be deemed AS A premature termination of THE Contractor\'S agreement

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Note added at 26 mins (2004-11-15 21:03:26 GMT)
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we need a definite article (the) in this case as it talks about a \'unique\' contractor agreement :)

Neil Phillipson
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ken Cox: 'deemed as' certainly gets lots of google hits, but much fewer than just plain 'deemed', and this usage certainly does not fit grammatically with the definition and sample usage given in the Oxford dictionary
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
This employee replacement . . .


Explanation:
. . . shall not be considered to an indication of, or basis for, premature termination of Contractor agreement.

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Note added at 2 days 19 hrs 42 mins (2004-11-18 16:18:42 GMT)
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Please read \"considered to be an\" in place of \"considered to an\" in the sentence above.

Java Cafe
Local time: 08:13
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in EnglishEnglish
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considered/thought of as


Explanation:
You don't give sufficient context to properly answer this but here is my take on this.

There is an agreement.

I assume that it lists employees (perhaps by name). This is fairly common when discussing a Governemt/Contractor relationship, especially if there are security clearance or access issues involved.

Obviously there is a clause in this agreement that allows for replacement of employees (due to illness, incompetence, etc).

Since (in my theory) this agreement lists employees by name, this clause is inserted so that replacement of an employee will not be considered a premature/early termination of this Contractor agreement.

Robert Donahue (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  jennifer newsome (X)
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  -> Thanks Jennifer!

agree  sarahl (X)
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  -> Thank you Sarah!

agree  Angela Dickson (X)
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  -> Thank you Angela!
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