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<p>[quote user="243129"]</p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">"Vetting is when someone is hired or is promoted to a higher position. "<br /></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;">One needs to have their 'ducks in a row' so to speak when attempting to effect an imperious attitude and inject sarcasm in to their remarks.</span></p> <p> </p> <h2 class="hwg"><span class="hw">vetting</span></h2> <h3 class="ps pos"><span class="pos">noun</span></h3> <p><span class="grammatical_note countability">mass noun</span></p> <p><span class="iteration">1</span><span class="ind">The process of carefully and critically examining something.</span></p> <div class="exg"> <div class="ex"><em> </em></div> </div> <p><span class="subsenseIteration">1.1</span> <span class="ind">The process of investigating someone thoroughly, especially in order to ensure that they are suitable for a job requiring secrecy, loyalty, or trustworthiness.</span></p> <div class="exg"> <div class="ex"><em> </em></div> </div> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>You should have quoted the second of BaltACD's sentences too: <span style="color:#0000ff;">Vetting is when someone is hired or is promoted to a higher position. Supervision is the continuing process of testing and evaluating employee performance. <br /></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;">I not beeing an native English speaker I don't see a difference.<br />Regards, Volker</span></p>
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