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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Is this right?
"Mr Jones has taken on the role of CEO, with effect from 1st September 2015."
"Mr Jones has taken on the role of CEO, with effect from 1st September 2015."
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" I believe this is technically correct, but sounds quite stilted to me. " (I also don't love "has taken on the role of CEO" ... it makes it seem as though Mr Jones is not the CEO, he's just behaving as if he were).
- " I believe this is technically correct, but sounds quite stilted to me.
- " (I also don't love "has taken on the role of CEO" ...
- it makes it seem as though Mr Jones is not the CEO, he's just behaving as if he were).
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"Mr Jones has taken on the role of CEO, with effect from 1st September 2015."
I believe this is technically correct, but sounds quite stilted to me. If he has accepted the job but not yet begun serving in that capacity then I'd grudgingly leave it as written, but if he took on the role in the past, I'd say something like "Mr Jones has been CEO since 1st September 2015."
I believe this is technically correct, but sounds quite stilted to me. If he has accepted the job but not yet begun serving in that capacity then I'd grudgingly leave it as written, but if he took on the role in the past, I'd say something like "Mr Jones has been CEO since 1st September 2015."
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Thanks for responding. He took on the role in the past, but as the sentence is part of a newsletter article, I've written it in a reporting style, if that makes sense.
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