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in or at (the Board) #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:43 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

Hi there,

I was wondering which preposition should be used in the sentence:
"...to be a member at / on / in the Advisory Board......"

Thanks in advance,

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in or at (the Board) #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:47 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

Hi Hatcecik,

Usually someone is described as being a member 'on a board' 'on a committee' 'on a panel' 'on a council' and so on.

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in or at (the Board) #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:57 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

the correct one is "to be a member on "
I think it's the write answer !!!
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in or at (the Board) #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 13:48 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

Thank you very much Alan for your reply,

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in or at (the Board) #5 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 13:55 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

Abir wrote:
the correct one is "to be a member on"
According to the CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ENGLISH and the BYU-BNC: BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS the correct way is:

to be on the board
to be a member of the board
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in or at (the Board) #6 (permalink) Thu Aug 20, 2009 16:24 pm   in or at (the Board)
 

Thanks Milanya so much for correcting me
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