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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

appoint

Please the sentence below and I think there may be something wrong with the use of appoint.

Jen Ostroff was appointed vice president for corporate communications effective immediately.

Should we add to or as after the word appointed? Please advise.

LC
  

Top answer

No, it's good as is. If you said she was appointed to the position of vice president, or something that begins with a "the," you need the preposition, but when you refer to the title, you leave it out. He was elected president.

— BarbaraPA

  • No, it's good as is.
  • If you said she was appointed to the position of vice president, or something that begins with a "the," you need the preposition, but when you refer to the title, you leave it out.
  • He was elected president.
  • Was was elected to the office of president of the United States.
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No, it's good as is.

If you said she was appointed to the position of vice president, or something that begins with a "the," you need the preposition, but when you refer to the title, you leave it out.

He was elected president. Was was elected to the office of president of the United States.
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