Are the both sentences grammatically correct?

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As our DBA, Mr. Patrick tendered his resignation last week, we need to employ one more person in our department as DBA.

As our DBA, Mr. Patrick tendered his resignation last week, we need a replacement for Patrick's position.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Its more natural to say this in fewer words. It's not an unusual situation

Our DBA, M. Patrick, resigned last week, so we need a new DBA.

Let's discuss Western-style names for a minute.

A person is called John Smith. Smith is his family name, and John is the name given to him by his parents.

Formally,we refer to him as Mr Smith.

Informally, we say just John.

We never refer to him as Mr John.

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