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Or by their job title, in this context. "I have a question for the CFO" would work quite well. It's equally selective (there's only one CFO). Replacing the i
by dgacmu 10y ago
Or by their job title, in this context. "I have a question for the CFO" would work quite well. It's equally selective (there's only one CFO). Replacing the investor's two questions (one to "The Lady CFO" and one to "Mr. Drummond") with "The CFO" and "The Chief Legal Officer" results in a far less weird phrasing.
Imagine if someone said "I have a question for the black Chief Legal Officer" or "I have a question for the overweight professor" (ok, the latter hits too close to home -- darn free food at google). A superfluous specifier emphasizes the thing that's being specified.