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Jan 31, 2008 · However in this case, it seems that, generally, Secretary General is preferred rather than General Secretary for most of the prestigious organisations: probably because in English most of the times there is more 'status' attributet to words going back to Romanic roots.
Feb 14, 2012 · Feb 14, 2012. #2. Either is fine. If there is a difference, it's probably that "personal assistant to the executive vice president" sounds like a complete job title, whereas with the second example it sounds like her job title is "personal assistant" and it just so happens that she is working for the executive vice president.
Feb 7, 2008 · The secretary of an organization, for example, records and issues minutes of the group's meetings, among other duties. And the members of the US President's cabinet, who head the various executive departments, also have that title: Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, etc.; these are top executives.
Nov 21, 2008 · English - Australian. Nov 21, 2008. #5. ffrancis, I'm an assistant and, if you want to get technical here, I would say that "double-sided" or "front & back" would colloquially represent the examples used above. "Back to back" to me would mean taking two single-sided documents and copying them so that they became one, double-sided document.
Oct 1, 2017 · Oct 1, 2017. #34. If you mean the building itself then you go to the school. A (British) cleaner with two jobs might say "I go to the school first, then I go to the hospital". You go 'to school' usually means for the purpose of getting an education. Teachers might say this too, when, obviously, they mean to educate.
Apr 3, 2015 · Apr 3, 2015. #6. If you wanted to express the idea that you could not be in a certain place in order to attend the meeting, you could use "for," as in: "I can't make it to Chicago for the meeting, but I can be there in time for dinner that night." That is a different meaning, however, from not being able to attend the meeting, in which case ...
Nov 16, 2014 · Madam is the proper title for prominent women in American government, such as former Madam Secretary (of State) Hillary Clinton, Madam Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor (U.S. Supreme Court), former Madam Speaker (of the House) Nancy Pelosi, and the like.
Mar 16, 2007 · In different contexts, there are differences in meaning when using at or in. I sat in a bar. <-- The establishment is a bar, and the speaker is sitting anywhere in the establishment. I sat at the bar. <-- The establishment may be a bar, restaurant, pub or other kind of eating/drinking place. The person is sitting at a long counter, called a bar ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Hi everyone, Today my superior said the word "senior" and "most" should be written together as "seniormost". But I think they should be written as "senior most". I'd like to get your opinion on this. The sentences that he corrected are given below. The petitioner is the seniormost test qualified teacher in the school.
Apr 1, 2011 · Senior Member. USA. US English, DR Spanish. Apr 1, 2011. #2. "Did you receive it?" would probably be the most commonly heard one, but "Have you received it" is also definitely a good way to say it as well. I'd probably tend to use the second phrase if I were talking to him on the phone while the fax was going through, like "have you received it ...
