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Omar Ahmed Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A perplexing sentence
After a university education, a first job he did was to work in the theatre as an
actor.
A friend of mine has just seen this sentence in a book. Neither of us is convinced that the underlined part is grammatically correct. I want to know if we are right or wrong.
actor.
A friend of mine has just seen this sentence in a book. Neither of us is convinced that the underlined part is grammatically correct. I want to know if we are right or wrong.
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essam gaweesh After a university education, a first job he did was to work in the theatre as an actor. context=4&reversed=False&action=define&homonym=-1&text=job It's possible. Even such a befuddling phrase as "a job of work" is possible which means "a part of particular work or a task".
- essam gaweesh After a university education, a first job he did was to work in the theatre as an actor.
- context=4&reversed=False&action=define&homonym=-1&text=job It's possible.
- Even such a befuddling phrase as "a job of work" is possible which means "a part of particular work or a task".
- context=4&reversed=False&action=define&homonym=-1&text=education Education is a variable noun.
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essam gaweeshAfter a university education, a first job he did was to work in the theatre as anWelcome to English Forums, Essam.[8]
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The bold correction is for a definitely wrong article:
After a university education, the first job he did was to work in the theatre as an
actor.
After a university education, the first job he did was to work in the theatre as an
actor.
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