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Discover LudwigThe phrase "appointed on a platform" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where someone is assigned a role or position, but the preposition "on" is not appropriate here.
Example: "She was appointed to a platform to discuss environmental issues at the conference."
Alternatives: "appointed to a platform" or "designated for a platform".
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She has been appointed on a platform of honesty and transparency, but the old, opaque system creaks into life around her while she desperately scrabbles for a way of presenting the truth.
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Drs. S. H. W eeks, H. H. H ill and A. J. F uller were appointed on that committee.
Chuy ran on a platform of electing a school board, rather than having board members appointed by the mayor, and for saving rather than closing local schools.
Bennet, who was appointed last year after Ken Salazar left the seat to head the Interior Department, campaigned loudly against Washington special interests on a platform focused on curbing lobbyist influence.
ALMOST six months after taking office on a platform that promised to have a racially, ethnically and sexually diverse cabinet, County Executive Andrew J. Spano has appointed the first black man to a high-level position in his administration.
It is not on a platform.
Can they even agree on a platform?
The towerwork was on a platform.
I stood on a platform of change.
On a platform on the stern sits a helicopter.
In her place, Mr. Maliki appointed a man on an interim basis and eventually appointed a woman.
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