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The implication of "the problem" or "the problems" in "I don't want to be involved in the problem(s) of my boss."

English Language & Usage Asked on July 26, 2020

What is/are the difference(s) between the two sentences? Is it just the number of problems, or do they mean something different other than the number of problems?

  1. I don’t want to be involved in the problems of my boss.
  2. I don’t want to be involved in the problem of my boss.

One Answer

1 implies that the boss has problems of his own that you do not want to be involved in.

2 is more ambiguous. It probably means that your boss is himself or herself a problem of some sort (bad manager, incompetent etc).

2 is less likely to mean that your boss has only one problem and that you do not want to be involved in it. This meaning would normally be expressed by something like “I do not want to be involved in my boss's problem”

Correct answer by Anton on July 26, 2020

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