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who is on the Ministry = who works in the Ministry ?

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oristarA
 
Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 08:26 am

Context:

'Sophie's not here and has nothing. He is supposed to be in prison for life, but he's got a luxury such as a phone and other freedoms.'
Mrs Lancaster, who is on the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board, added: 'He shouldn't have got hold of a phone.
'The fact he has 110 friends also is a disgrace, most of whom are female. It's sheer arrogance. He should serve his sentence in peace and not say anything.'


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Setanta
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 08:53 am
The key to the use of "on" is the reference to a board. So the emphasis should be:

". . . who is on the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board . . ."

Because the reference is to the member of a board, she is said to be "on" the board. If one referred only to her Ministry of Justice employment, without reference to the board, one would use "with"--" . . . who is with the Ministry of Justice . . ." This kind of usage knowledge is arcane, you just have to learn it.
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 08:57 am
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:

The key to the use of "on" is the reference to a board. So the emphasis should be:

". . . who is on the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board . . ."

Because the reference is to the member of a board, she is said to be "on" the board. If one referred only to her Ministry of Justice employment, without reference to the board, one would use "with"--" . . . who is with the Ministry of Justice . . ." This kind of usage knowledge is arcane, you just have to learn it.


Do you mean she is the member of the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board ?


Wait a minute... She was talking to the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board ?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 09:19 am
Quote:
Mrs Lancaster, who is on the Ministry of Justice's Hate Crime Advisory Board, added: . . .


Edit that a little, and you get:

"Mrs. Lancaster, who is on the Advisory Board, added: . . ."

She is a member of the board, she was, apparently, talking to the author, or to other people when the author was present.
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