An explanation in my grammar book tells me that some expressions have no article:
- He was elected President.
- She became Queen.
- They made her Manager.
According to Cambridge Dictionary, chairman is countable and in relation with the title, is it correct to say:
They didn't elect him as a Chairman.
The sentence above is taken from my book. I don't know why they wrote C in capital. Anyway, this is the original sentence:
They didn't elect him Chairman – he gave himself the job.
Best Answer
Either is correct:
elect him as chairman
elect him chairman
The word may be capitalized Chairman because it is the proper name of a position in a particular context.
*elect him as a chairman * is also possible, but that makes the capitalization less likely to be correct.