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Minsooy Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

[vice president of/in ~] vs [vice president at ~]

Hello, teachers!


Last week I mentioned to you that I am being promoted to vice president at Western Medical Equipment Company.


? I read this sentence, and I have a question.


Can we write "of" or "in" instead of "at" in the sentence..?

Do we have to write "at" there..?

If they(of, in, at) all are possible there , what's the difference..?

This is so difficult for me to understand..


Thank you in advance.

  

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minsooy If they(of, in, at) all are possible there , what's the difference..? "In" is not possible. "Of" means that there is one vice president, and you are it.

— Anonymous

  • minsooy If they(of, in, at) all are possible there , what's the difference..?
  • "In" is not possible.
  • "Of" means that there is one vice president, and you are it.
  • "At" can mean either that there is only one or that there is more than one.
  • —so your sample sentence uses the expected word "at".
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minsooyIf they(of, in, at) all are possible there , what's the difference..?

"In" is not possible. "Of" means that there is one vice president, and you are it. "At" can mean either that there is only one or that there is more than one. Most large companies have more than one president and vice president, one for each department—marketing VP, finance VP, HR

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minsooyIf they(of, in, at) all are possible there , what's the difference..?

Here's how you can use both 'of' and 'at':

He is going to be [vice president of Information Technology] at Western Medical Equipment Company.

See the previous reply for more details.

CJ

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