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OJTabby Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Seated

"He was seated in Congress/Parliament in 2000."

Does it mean an appointment or a democratic election?
  

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Hi, It's not a really natural thing to say. I suggest 'he was elected to . .

— Clive

  • Hi, It's not a really natural thing to say.
  • I suggest 'he was elected to .
  • .
  • '.
  • It's also common to say 'he won a seat in .
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Hi,

It's not a really natural thing to say. I suggest 'he was elected to . . . '.

It's also common to say 'he won a seat in . . . / he was elected to a seat in . . . '.


Election is the standard method of arriving there..
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After some digging on the web, I found this:

NY Times:
"Republican Congressional leaders said today that they would seat a veteran Congressman from Connecticut, Sam Gejdenson, in the 104th Congress but would pro
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Hi,

Interesting excerpt.

I looked into this a bit more.

The US Constitution, Section 1, Article 5 says
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Memb
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