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Philip Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Latin in English
All my sources say that ex officio means 'by nature of the office' (which means very little to me).
My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection. This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused. How, exactly, do we use the term?
Thanks to all you Latin/English experts!
My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection. This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused. How, exactly, do we use the term?
Thanks to all you Latin/English experts!
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Hi Philip, All my sources say that ex officio means 'by nature of the office' (which means very little to me). My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection. This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused.
- Hi Philip, All my sources say that ex officio means 'by nature of the office' (which means very little to me).
- My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection.
- This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused.
- How, exactly, do we use the term?
- You have the right basic idea.
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Hi Philip,
All my sources say that ex officio means 'by nature of the office' (which means very little to me).
My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection. This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused. How, exactly, do we
All my sources say that ex officio means 'by nature of the office' (which means very little to me).
My experience has been (I think) that it is used to refer to a member of a committee who has no voting rights, that the member is there just because of some other official connection. This may fit the definition I am finding, but I'm a bit confused. How, exactly, do we
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