JACEK1
Key Member
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2013
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Polish
- Home Country
- Poland
- Current Location
- Poland
Hello all users!
An unusual sight in a tough environment.
Inmates in a Brazilian prison have been learning how to knit.
The scheme, which sees prisoners working on intricate woollen designs, is a collaboration between prison authorities and a fashion designer.
Prisoners are paid 75 percent of the local minimum wage and also earn days off their sentence.
All these 4 sentences are taken from Learning English - Words in the News - A delicate job for hard men
It seems to me that (they) also earn days off their sentence means their sentence is reduced/shortened by the amount of days they spend learning how to knit or their sentence is reduced by as many days as they spend learning how to knit.
What do you think?
After a while I thought to myself that I might be mistaken. The meaning is that they spend their time learning to knit, away from the prison compounds. In other words, they have free days in terms of being out of prison. Instead, they have to do something good for society.
Thank you.
An unusual sight in a tough environment.
Inmates in a Brazilian prison have been learning how to knit.
The scheme, which sees prisoners working on intricate woollen designs, is a collaboration between prison authorities and a fashion designer.
Prisoners are paid 75 percent of the local minimum wage and also earn days off their sentence.
All these 4 sentences are taken from Learning English - Words in the News - A delicate job for hard men
It seems to me that (they) also earn days off their sentence means their sentence is reduced/shortened by the amount of days they spend learning how to knit or their sentence is reduced by as many days as they spend learning how to knit.
What do you think?
After a while I thought to myself that I might be mistaken. The meaning is that they spend their time learning to knit, away from the prison compounds. In other words, they have free days in terms of being out of prison. Instead, they have to do something good for society.
Thank you.
Last edited: