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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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A Chairman or the Chairman?

"A committee composed of a Chairman..." or "A committee composed of the Chairman..."?
  

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Context may play a part in the choice, but normally 'the', since a committee normally has only one chairman.

— Mister Micawber

  • Context may play a part in the choice, but normally 'the', since a committee normally has only one chairman.
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Context may play a part in the choice, but normally 'the', since a committee normally has only one chairman.
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"A committee composed of a Chairman..." or "A committee composed of the Chairman..."?
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that committee has only one chairman
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Now you've used 'that', so 'the committee composed of the chairman'.
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No, no. The sentence has no "that." It has "a committee."
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Please present the whole sentence and surrounding text if any.
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To prepare for elections, the Presidium shall set up an election committee composed of a (or the?) Chairman, secretary and members.
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To prepare for elections, the Presidium shall set up an election committee composed of a chairman, a secretary and [number] (other) members.

To be a reasonable statement, the number of members needs to be specified; as it stands it is unnaturally vague. An alternative is to otherwise qualify the membership: 'a chairman, a secretary, and (the) members of the
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