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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

a directive

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00When you order one to ask a person in high position like the sentence below, is the sentence below must have "the" before the title?02br
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00Remind you this suppose to be a directive (told in front of the person to be given a directive to).0-
  

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0 Yes it needs a 'the'. The status of the person is irrelevant; you would also say 'Ask the cleaner'. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 Yes it needs a 'the'.
  • The status of the person is irrelevant; you would also say 'Ask the cleaner'.
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0 Yes it needs a 'the'. The status of the person is irrelevant; you would also say 'Ask the cleaner'. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Is the word "cleaner" means 01i00a person02i00 who does cleaning or 01i00the place02i00 one goes to clean one's dirty personal articles? 0-
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0It could be either, I think. Can you give us some context?0-
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0 A cleaner is a person who cleans. It is a job title. 0-
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0 The place would be "the cleaner01b00's02b00". 0-
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0Thank you all, but let me ask another question of different nature.02br
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00As in the original post, I ask as "00Is the sentence below must have "the" before the title00?". 02br
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00This sentence looks very awkward at the least, if not wrong, and I think it should be,02br
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00Does the sentence below must have "the" b
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0Write it as either02br
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00- must the sentence have ... ? OR02br
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00- should the sentence have ... ?0-
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