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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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00 1. Director Steven Kim has directed a lot of good films. 02 br
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00 2. A director Steven Kim has directed a lot of good films. 02 br
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00 What makes the difference in the meanings between 'A' and without 'A'? 0-
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00 1. Director Steven Kim has directed a lot of good films. 02 br
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00 What makes the difference in the meanings between 'A' and without 'A'? 0-
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0 1. You are using "Director" as his title. 02 br
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00 2. You don't know that we know who Steven Kim is, so you say "A director." But you should set Steven Kim off with commas. 02 br
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00 As a side note, you can just say "Steven Kim has directed a lot of good films." If he directed them, then it's clear to you readers that he's the director. 0-
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00 2. You don't know that we know who Steven Kim is, so you say "A director." But you should set Steven Kim off with commas. 02 br
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00 As a side note, you can just say "Steven Kim has directed a lot of good films." If he directed them, then it's clear to you readers that he's the director. 0-
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0 Occupation nouns are sometimes used before proper names. In such cases there is no article. These sorts of structures probably occur more often in newspaper accounts than elsewhere, possibly as captions for photos. 02 br
00 What constitutes an occupation may be taken very broadly at times. 02 br
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01 i 00 Representative John McCloskey proposed new legisl
00 What constitutes an occupation may be taken very broadly at times. 02 br
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01 i 00 Representative John McCloskey proposed new legisl
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