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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

school's principal board

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00Do you think the phrases in bold below are correctly used ?02br
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00"Mr Norio Hattori, Japanese Ambassador to Viet Nam, presented the school’s 01b00principal board02b00 with the gift at a ceremony in Ha Noi yesterday"02br
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00".....00In describing his motivation for improving educational standards, Dung tells the story of an enraged father who demanded that the principal of the Binh Chau secondary school allow his son to repeat the fifth grade because he was not proficient at writing.02br
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00The unexpected request landed 01b00the school’s managing board02b00 into an embarrassing situation: the student had already passed the exam to go on to the sixth grade...."02br
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00Best wishes02br
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0Both, exp the first, sound strange and are not found at Google Books. I'd use:02br 02br 01b 00school 's board of trustees02b 02br 01b 00school 's board02b 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0Both, exp the first, sound strange and are not found at Google Books.
  • I'd use:02br 02br 01b 00school 's board of trustees02b 02br 01b 00school 's board02b 0-
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0Both, exp the first, sound strange and are not found at Google Books. I'd use:02br
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0Hi Marius Hancu,02br
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00What does " board of trustees " mean ? I'm afraid you don't understand exactly what they mean.Since the phrases are written by a Vietnamese newspaper written in English , I know exactly that by saying " principal board " , they mean " the people who manage the school .Normally in my country they are the principal , and the deputy principal(s). I o
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0>in my country they are the principal , and the deputy principal(s)02br
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01b00principal02b00's board 02br
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01b00school principal02b00's board02br
01b00school02b00's board [which is the most used here0-
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0Thank you very much Marius Hancu.02br
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00Just a small question ,Does"school's board " have the same meaning as "school board"?02br
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00 Best wishes0-
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0 BTW, the trustees are here generally people 01b00from outside02b00 the school, which can be 01b00trusted02b00 to represent the interests of the community, of the parents, etc. and to oversee the school's administration 0-
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