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Old 03-Jul-2009, 21:44
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engee30: There can be many professors representing a university;

How many "representing" "Computer Science at (the) university?"

Without an article, it indicates what "Queen of England" indicates - there's only one!
In that case, it should read as Raymott suggests:

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Hm, the trouble is that the professor doesn't seem to hold such a position as the queen or captain can.
There can be many professors representing a university; there can only be one captain in a team and one queen in a kingdom.
With due respect, if the professor is not the only one teaching in Computer Science, we may use the indefinite article "a" instead.
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This is possibly a title, in which case it should read: Mr X is Professor of Computer Science at ...
I go along with you, Raymott. This is one of the possibilities.
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