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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

appoint (as)

Hi,

(1) According to the BBI combinatory dictionary one can say either "We appointed him as treasurer" or "We appointed him treasurer".
Is there any diffirence between the two versions?

(2) Do I understand correctly that

"We assigned him as treasurer" is OK whereas
"We assigned him treasurer" is not grammatical?

Thank you!

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MUSCOVITE Is there any diffirence between the two versions? There is no difference in meaning. Though the first is, I believe, acceptable, I eschew it and caution against its use.

— Mister Micawber

  • MUSCOVITE Is there any diffirence between the two versions?
  • There is no difference in meaning.
  • Though the first is, I believe, acceptable, I eschew it and caution against its use.
  • MUSCOVITE 2) Do I understand correctly that"We assigned him as treasurer" is OK whereas "We assigned him treasurer" is not grammatical?
  • This of course involves a different verb, and both of them seem wrong to me.
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MUSCOVITEIs there any diffirence between the two versions?
There is no difference in meaning. Though the first is, I believe, acceptable, I eschew it and caution against its use.
MUSCOVITE2) Do I understand correctly that"We assigned him as treasurer" is OK whereas "We assigned him treasurer" is not grammatical?
This of cou
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Mister Micawberboth of them seem wrong to me
What if I used the passive voice, "He is assigned (as) treasurer"?

I just checked COCA... below are some hits:

(1) Martin was assigned as ambassador to Thailand by President Kennedy in 1963.
(2) He was assigned as
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MUSCOVITEWhat if I used the passive voice, "He is assigned (as) treasurer"?
Evidently it is in use, though it still sounds a little 'off' to me. How many hits did you get on COCA?
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The search combination was "was assigned as", and I got a total of 25 hits. If I filter out some "irrelevant" hits, there will be about a dozen hits (PERSON was assigned as POSITION) I guess.
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MUSCOVITEThe search combination was "was assigned as", and I got a total of 25 hits. If I filter out some "irrelevant" hits, there will be about a dozen hits (PERSON was assigned as POSITION) I guess.
So, not too common, anyway.
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