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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: into office |
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| The president-elect are sworn into office on Inauguration Day , which falls on January 20. |
I wasn't able to look 'into office' up in my English dictionary.
What does it mean? And also, is it a common expression among native speakers?
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CP
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Did you copy this correctly? The are should be is, or else president-elect should be presidents-elect. Anyway, it is all right to say that they are sworn into office on that day. It means they take an oath so as to be officially allowed to take office.
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