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Jugyo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

How expression?

I'd like to say like: My manager has been changed to American guy.
  

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I have a new manager who is an American. ) My new manager is a man from America.

— BarbaraPA

  • I have a new manager who is an American.
  • ) My new manager is a man from America.
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I have a new manager who is an American. (This doesn't tell you he's male, but it's more natural to me.)
My new manager is a man from America.
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There are a million ways to put that, of course. Your way sounds unnatural yet informal. An informal way close to what you have would be "They changed my manager to an American guy."
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It's also what I would say, "They changed …". Thanks!
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The fairy godmother changed Cinderella's pumpkin into a coach.
I don't think they changed the manager into anything. You have a new manager, not a changed one.
I don't like that construction at all.
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BarbaraPAThe fairy godmother changed Cinderella's pumpkin into a coach.I don't think they changed the manager into anything. You have a new manager, not a changed one.I don't like that construction at all.
The word "into" is not there. It's like changing clothes. You can change horses in midstream. I changed my suit to the gray one. I changed to the dun halfwa
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I had the same thought as Barbara. We know what is meant, but "They replaced my manager with an American guy" sounds better to me.
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