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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a, the, _

it is a source of conflict

it is the source of conflict

it is source of conflict

can the third stand for either of them?
  

Top answer

No, you need an article. Don't forget to start your sentences with a capital letter and end them with a period.

  • No, you need an article.
  • Don't forget to start your sentences with a capital letter and end them with a period.
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No, you need an article.

Don't forget to start your sentences with a capital letter and end them with a period.
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I was asking because I came across these and others...

"Sense of injustice is source of conflict"

"Thus inequality is source of conflict."
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That sounds like "shorthand" to me. Was it written in a document of plain text, were they notes, or headlines?
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I took one from a headline and the other from a text.
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Headline style will usually omit articles. I can't imagine what was going on in the other example.

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