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I know it's wrong! (I'm delighted to announce that David recently joined us...) #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:39 am   I know it's wrong! (I'm delighted to announce that David recently joined us...)
 

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.
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I know it's wrong! #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:28 am   I know it's wrong!
 

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.

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I know it's wrong! #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:38 am   I know it's wrong!
 

Thanks - Alan

Your help is much appreciated.
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I know it's wrong! #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 07, 2008 13:03 pm   I know it's wrong!
 

Quote:
David will be the manager-in charge of your personal tax matters and you will..."

Quote:
3. WHy it is written 'manager-in charge' rather than 'manager in-charge'.

Hi Terence

If the sentence ended with the word 'charge', then you could possibly write 'manager-in-charge'.

However, since the word 'of' follows the word 'charge' in your sentence, you should not use any hyphens at all.

- "David will be the manager in charge of your personal tax matters and you will..."
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