The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140249 Message #3224533
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Sep-11 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Need some conservative viewpoints
Subject: RE: BS: Need some conservative viewpoints
Hi, Ian - as someone who used to chair (President in American English(!)) a health authority
The usage is the same in the United States - using "chair" as a verb to mean "serve as chairperson of..."