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Is the word, Council singular or plural? - English Language Usage . . . MOVED by Councillor Edmonds that Council accepts the updated Snow Removal Policy: Policy #S-45-1 Another example: MOVED by Councillor Peavoy that Council direct administration to carry out a plan of action for all the things discussed in the 2016 Council planning session, and to carry forward tasks emergent from the planning session assignments
Council, man, woman, or member? [closed] - English Language Usage . . . As to Councillor, it is also used, but because of the homophone Counsellor, which is not the same thing, I think that Councillor is less used A councillor is a person who is a member of a council A counselor is someone gives counsel, or advice Of course, councillors can give counsel, even while on the council
Does anyone use both whinge and whine? Usage examples: Croxteth Labour councillor Peter Mitchell says that, rather than whinge about cuts, the community, with the council, is simply making them work [Independent] Needless to say the battle between these two foes plays out against the backdrop of a seething, whinging populace [Sydney Morning Herald]
Why do some people prefix peoples names with the? This is common (and required even) in some languages, but in English, it is generally extremely unnatural and jarring I do not know enough about any Indian languages to know which, if any, use definite markers with personal names In the cases you give, it sounds very much like something a non-native speaker would say, but not like anything a native speaker of English would ever say
Addressing a former office-holder by that offices title I would agree that this is more of a question of protocol than language, but I suppose it is an example of how usage changes, and formal protocol and "polite" language deviate The traditional rule is that for offices held by a single person at a time (e g president, governor, mayor), a title should only be applied to the current office holder If the office or rank is held concurrently by
What is the meaning of Many a mickle makes a muckle? It is a saying invented by two characters in the Keith Waterhouse book Billy Liar to parody Councillor Duxbury, the co-founder and boss of Chadrack and Duxbury funeral service Duxbury has a range of obscure Yorkshire sayings that are a source of amusement to his younger, less reverential, employees