What’s “a member for”??
Posted by bradburg on May 11, 2008
“Alonso is . . . a board member for both the . . . County Museum of Art and [the] Museum of Contemporary Art.” (Newark Star-Ledger, May 11, 2008, Section 2, page 1). A major newspaper doesn’t know the word “member” is followed by “of”??? But would even a 4th-grader say “She’s a member for my club?” (Yes, the Houses of Parliament have ”members for” the areas they represent; but that’s certainly a special usage.)
