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Nathan mckane Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Company's president

Hi dear teachers!

What is the diffrerence between these two sentences?

The company president is an assertive individual.

The company's president is an assertive individual.

Thanks.
  

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There isn't any difference in the referent. In other words, both sentences are talking about the same person; there's no doubt about that. To my ear the difference is a subtle emphasis on company when you use company's president .

— CalifJim

  • There isn't any difference in the referent.
  • In other words, both sentences are talking about the same person; there's no doubt about that.
  • To my ear the difference is a subtle emphasis on company when you use company's president .
  • The listener is more inclined to think a little more in terms of the company itself as a group of people who have a leader.
  • In the case of company president I think the listener thinks more abstractly about a chief executive of a large enterprise without necessarily thinking about the people who work under him.
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There isn't any difference in the referent. In other words, both sentences are talking about the same person; there's no doubt about that.

To my ear the difference is a subtle emphasis on company when you use company's president. The listener is more inclined to think a little more in terms of the company itself as a group of people who have a leader.

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