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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Letter
I want to write a letter to an institute for nominating a person for another person. How to write this? Ex: I would like to nominate Mr. A ................. Mr. B. (how to fill the blank) > I want to write a letter to an institute for nominating a person for > another person. Sorry, but this doesn't make sense in English. You can't nominate John for Bob, unless you mean something like "I would like to nominate John to play Bob in the film about Bob's life" or "I would like to nominate John to replace Bob as the CIO of this company". Do you mean that you want to recommend John (Mr A) to Bob (Mr B)? You can do this if you'd like to tell Bob that John is a good guy and would be a good person to hire for a certain job; e.g., "I would like to recommend John for the CIO position at your company". > How to write this? > > Ex: I would like to nominate Mr. A ................. Mr. B. (how to > fill the blank) Please clarify your point and ask your question again, if I haven't inferred your meaning correctly.  SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I want to write a letter to an institute for nominating a person for > another person. How to write this? > > Ex: I would like to nominate Mr. A ................. Mr. B. (how to > fill the blank) Do you mean recommend rather than nominate? You nominate some for something like an award or to run for a political office. Thnks for your early replies. This is the situation. People at a remote office asked me to nominate 3 persons for 3 newly created posts. I send names of 3 persons. I was rejected because that person is on a leave. I have to nominate ( ? recommend) another person for his place. I want to write a formal letter to tell them "I give you this person for that person". Is it clear? > Thnks for your early replies. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > person for his place. I want to write a formal letter to tell them > "I give you this person for that person". Is it clear? In that case, fill the blank with "in place of". SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |If you think health care is 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |expensive now, wait until you see Palo Alto, CA 94304 |what it costs when it's free. | P.J. O'Rourke kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ Got it. Thanks for all. >> Thnks for your early replies. >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > In that case, fill the blank with "in place of". This is yet another illustration og how important providing context is when asking questions. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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