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Thu 10 Feb, 2005 01:38 am
Paul Mellars, professor of prehistory and human evolution at Cambridge University in England
I'm Dough Johnson, with the VOA Special English Program....
In one sentence, they use "at" while in the other, they use "with". They are both used to describe a post, a job in a unit. So what is the difference? When to use "at" and when to use "with"?
Thank you.
They aren't both describing a job or position - the first is, saying that Paul Mellers is a professor at Cambridge, whereas the second one just says that Dough Johnson is (working) with such and such a program, but not specifically what he does. If you want to tell someone where you work, or who you work for, or what division you work in, or something, but are assuming they already know your job title, you simply say that you are "with" the employer/company/division etc.
At least, that's my impression, not having a terrible lot of experience with, umm, having jobs.
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