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Musicgold Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Ran for president / ran for the president

Hi



I read the following sentence in the media. Why don’t they say ‘ran for the president’?



This guy ran for president in 1996 against Bill Clinton.





Thanks,



MG.
  

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He was the president of Microsoft, she was the presidenet of the Home-School Association. " He was president in 1988. With "run" or a few other verbs, however, I'd drop the "the" for the other examples too.

— BarbaraPA

  • He was the president of Microsoft, she was the presidenet of the Home-School Association.
  • " He was president in 1988.
  • With "run" or a few other verbs, however, I'd drop the "the" for the other examples too.
  • He might be named president (of the company), she decided to run for president of the HSA.
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He was the president of Microsoft, she was the presidenet of the Home-School Association.

For the president of the US, we tend to say "president." He was president in 1988.

With "run" or a few other verbs, however, I'd drop the "the" for the other examples too. He might be named president (of the company), she decided to run for president of the HSA.
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Musicgold Why don’t they say ‘ran for the president’?
Because if he ran for the president, he would be running (as in a race) for the purpose of amusing the president. Imagine someone racing along while the president watches.

Use:
run for president
run for the presidency

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