I know it's wrong! (I'm delighted to announce that David recently joined us...)

[Terence23]

Recently I came across the following paragraph from a well know accountancy firm, I know their grammar is wrong, but want to be sure my understandings are correct. They wrote.
"...I'm delighted to announce that David recently joined us as Senior Tax Manager. David has spent the last 8 years with accounting firms in UK. David will be the manager-in charge of your personal tax matters and you will..."

My questions are :

1. Why there is no 'a' in front of Senior Tax Manager.
2. why there is no 'the' in front of UK.
3. WHy it is written 'manager-in charge' rather than 'manager in-charge'.

Your comments are welcome.

[Alan]

Hi,

The omission of 'a' is to indicate that Tax Manager is the role or function rather than an individual. You would need 'the' before 'UK'. Personally I would leave out the hyphens or use two: manager-in-charge.

Alan
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[Terence23]

Thanks - Alan

Your help is much appreciated.

[Yankee]