present to an office

Hi Natalia
I would say that "Mr. *** visited our office......."

"presented" would mean that he gave a presentation, for example a talk or showed Powerpoint slides.

Best wishes
Mo

Yes, it's fine to say "he presented to the office", meaning "he came to the office". For some reason, this exact sentence is commonly used by medical professionals.

I've only heard such an expression used once: A doctor who was treating me and had a couple of students under his wing, asked one of them to formally verbally summarize what was known about my case. That was called "presenting."

It's certainly possible to say "Mr. *** presented himself at our office on 2nd October 2012 for the first time."

It's not the most natural thing to say,

moinkent"presented" would mean that he gave a presentation, for example a talk or showed Powerpoint slides.

Exactly!

Avangi - the question was about the phrase "presented to our office", not "presented himself at our office". And it's about the person, not the disease or the symptom. "He presented to our office" is a perfectly normal thing to say, with regard to a patient showing up for treatment.

Since you and Moinkent both disagree with me, I'd like to present some evidence in support of my argument

Thank you Mo!

Hi DMW
I agree that a patient can present to/at a doctor's surgery or hospital. The Oxford English Reference dictionary gives "(of a patient) come forward for or undergo initial medical examination".
However, in the original question from Nataliya the context was not specifically medical so, in my view, it would not be appropriate to use "present".

Best wishes
Mo

DMWYes, it's fine to say "he presented to the office", meaning "he came to the office". For some reason, this exact sentence is commonly used by medical professionals.

Sorry, DMW, I didn't intend to disagree with you. I read your post as two separate statements. I didn't understand that you meant to say "he presented to the office" was used exclusively

Oh, Avangi, please don't apologise. It's nice to have a conversation here. And I think disagreeing with someone is just fine. Natalia will get a better answer if more people put their points of view forward, and discuss what the differences are between them.

If anything, I should apologise to both you and Moinkent for coming across as argumentative. But all I really wanted to do was g

Your references were helpful and to the point! We're making progress!