"in post" or "holds post"?

"in post" or "holds post"?

Postby muruga_raj » 12:02 am 12/06/2008

Do you say "Today, X remains to be in post"? I tend to write "Today, X remains to hold the post". Suggestions please.
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Postby LisaMc » 9:36 pm 12/06/2008

Could we get a little more context? Neither of these sounds good to me.
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Postby editer » 2:22 pm 12/07/2008

Right, we're mostly USians here; Indian English is an unfamiliar beast. Not sure you'll get any useful advice.
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Postby Phillip Blanchard » 10:26 pm 12/26/2008

Do we mean "has the job"?
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Postby Blue Light Art » 4:52 pm 12/28/2008

"Continues" rather than "remains"
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Postby mbrooky » 1:20 pm 01/02/2009

Thanks for joining Murjee!

And remember, nimrod is a high compliment in the US of A.

Dangling participles is a good thing.

And we always preface an elected leader's name with the word "Gutless."
It's just a thing we love to do. They love it, too!
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Postby Powderhorn » 4:53 pm 01/02/2009

Is that really necessary?
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Postby Mike O'Connell » 4:18 am 02/26/2009

X continues to hold the post of Y.

OR

X continues in the post of Y.
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