Which one is grammatically correct? He was mayor (or) a mayor from 2010 to 2014
I accidentally put “the” here but it
- will not remain as “elected him president” to be appointed captsman. In
a modern Macmillan dictionary only 1 answer was found (the ””””””'(“the”'”” and “””””'”””””Non-The”””’ “The””””””””
I remember him as mayor from 2010 to 2014, as mayor of Toronto.
As we speak about change of states in English, we should omit the words “a/an” etc.. such as “He was elected mayor last year. What is the procedure for this? He is now the mayor of Brooklyn. This is a macmillan sentence but is not a verb describing a change of state. He was a professor from 2010 to 2014.
Can anybody teach me whether the dictionary sentence is grammatically correct or incorrect? Either way, thank
you for the comment.
How does one answer a question on Quora? within the guidelines of this site it may not therefore be appropriate, but I hope that it at least helps the
OP , is more of a title than a noun, and as such it often appears without an article. “King”, “Queen”, “President”, etc. are treated the same way. “President”.
My school history teacher is a “real” teacher. To give some examples, I will make some sentences.
I’m not sure why my teacher was elected mayor in 1998, but what
I know now: there are many mayors
across the world for whom?
My history teacher was mayor in 1998 It
sounds completely normal to say and: My history
teacher was mayor of my town in 1998
My history teacher was mayor of Canterbury In 1998 Although
my conversation about that does sound unattractive, what else
could be said and: My history teacher was
Mayor of Canterbury Becky: While he was your history teacher?
How did he teach me in 1996, he was mayor in 1998 and then taught me again in 1999 and 2000.
The excerpt you’ve posted from Macmillan dictionary sounds like it’s part of a conversation like this, i.e. what’s a conversation and what doesn’t it say? Where he was mayor of were already established prior to the excerpt.
Do you think you can tell a story with certainty? How does the word “mayor” in English function in different contexts, depending on the context in which the word “president” is used.
He was a state representative from 1972 to 1976, a major (1976 to 1982) & a congressman (1982 to 1994). What
does “per-person president” mean exactly?
