Creativeguru Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Help me with the right phrase
We are having Swiss festival, in Mumbai, all the Swiss watches would be on display, its for a one month. Its starting from 25th July. On 30th July Swiss General Council would be visiting the festival, he will light the candle and all such stuff. I just need the correct phrase for it to communicate to the people, I cant say inauguration….I came up as Chief Guest, Guest of honor…but still I am not convinced….can any one help me out with this phrasal puzzle
Top answer
Guest of Honour sounds fine to me.
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What about the following sentence?
The festival will be graced by the presence of His Excellency, Swiss Consulate General, Mr. XoXoXo, the Special Guest of Honour on 30th July.
The festival will be graced by the presence of His Excellency, Swiss Consulate General, Mr. XoXoXo, the Special Guest of Honour on 30th July.
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The festival will be honoured with the presence of His Excellency, the Swiss Consul-general, Mr. XoXoXo, our Special Guest of Honour on 30th July.
('Graced' has an air of femininity about it. I presume that you have checked that 'His Excellency' is the correct form of address for the Consul-general. You had better call the Swiss consulate to be sure.)
('Graced' has an air of femininity about it. I presume that you have checked that 'His Excellency' is the correct form of address for the Consul-general. You had better call the Swiss consulate to be sure.)
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Thanks for your help..I would definitely check if the usage of his Excellency appropriate her
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