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"At" refers to place, so working at the Ministry of Justice could mean being a contract cleaner there, rather than someone actually employed by the ministry. Working for something or somebody definitely means you are ...
Hello all, I'd like to ask for opinions of native English speakers about which one of the above two phrases ("Ministry of Interior" vs. "Ministry of Internal Affairs") generally sounds better when talking about the mi...
Yet even weeds must conform. When a friend of mine drove round the M40-M25 interchange after it was built, hurling poppy seeds from his car and delighting in the subsequent harvest of red, he found a year later that i...
That principle also applies to your examples, Chimel: government, ministry, commission, parliament. It's an established principle that can be found in many language-teaching and reference sources, as well as in everyd...
"Line ministry" is an expression especially used into international development environment. It refers to the sectoral ministry in charge of determined activities and services. It means "the ministry which has compete...
Hello everyone, I've always known that when talking about ''a government department that has a particular area of responsibility (Oxford)'' in American English you use ''Department'' and in British English and other c...
To me "minister in full-time Ministry" means (a) a minister of religion not any other minister (eg of state, heath etc) .. (b) is not part-time and therefore receives a salary.
Hello from Costa Rica, I am making a translation for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications. In my country, each Ministry subdivides itself into "Viceministries" and that is exactly my question. Is...
Good morning and thank you very much in advance. Can I say in English "ministry" for a Grupo Pastoral? Asisto a la Iglesia Presbiteriana donde dirijo el...
Hi, ”Ministry of Foreign Affairs Camp Office, Lahore” is a govenrment agency in Pakistan. I am wondering what "camp office" means. Does anyone know?
