Showing posts with label hire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hire. Show all posts

Friday, September 9, 2011

hire, higher

Hire or hire means what happens when we give someone a job. We hire someone. When we are given a job, we are hired--
I hope the company hires me.
Find out what the business expects from the people they hire.

Higher or higher ( rhymes with hire ) is the comparative ( more than ) form of "high"--
The kite sailed higher and higher in the sky.
That brand has a higher price.

Now that you know that, you can say--
" I hope they hire me at a higher salary."

Note--"Hire's" is a brand name ( of root beer), hence the capital letter for a proper name--
Did you see the ad for Hire's root beer?
Not to be confused with "hires", the third  person singular ( he, she, it ) form of "hire"--
If he hires me, I will start on Monday.