Breakdown of Благодаря успешному проекту комитет назначил её главным архитектором.
её
her (acc)
проект
the project
архитектор
architect
главный
main
успешный
successful
благодаря
thanks to
назначить
to appoint (perfective)
комитет
committee
Questions & Answers about Благодаря успешному проекту комитет назначил её главным архитектором.
Why is главным архитектором in the Instrumental case?
The verb назначить (to appoint) requires the Instrumental case for the position or role someone is given. This is the standard pattern for verbs of naming, electing, and appointing. You appoint a direct object (Accusative: её) to assume a new role (Instrumental: главным архитектором).
Why does успешному проекту take the Dative case?
The preposition благодаря (thanks to) always requires the Dative case. Be careful not to confuse this with the verb it derives from, благодарить (to thank), which takes the Accusative case for the person being thanked.
Could we use из-за instead of благодаря here to mean "because of"?
You could grammatically say из-за успешного проекта (changing to the Genitive case), but it would sound unnatural. Благодаря is used specifically for positive causes, perfectly matching the success of the project. Из-за is generally reserved for negative consequences or completely neutral facts.
The person appointed is female (её). Why is the profession главным архитектором masculine?
In Russian, many official professional titles (like архитектор, директор, врач) are grammatically masculine and serve as gender-neutral terms in formal business contexts. Because this is an official committee appointment, the standard masculine title is used, even when referring to a woman.
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