Article missing: She has undergone an amazing...
Hi
I read this sentence today in an Oxford Dictionary. Is it OK--I mean, no articles?
She has undergone an amazing metamorphosis from awkward schoolgirl to beautiful woman.
Why not: an awkward school girl and a beautiful woman?
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/metamorphosis
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
It's the same zero article as in "he was elected president". It's similar, anyway. "Awkward schoolgirl" is a category of human, just as "president" is.
- It's the same zero article as in "he was elected president".
- It's similar, anyway.
- "Awkward schoolgirl" is a category of human, just as "president" is.
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It's the same zero article as in "he was elected president". It's similar, anyway. "Awkward schoolgirl" is a category of human, just as "president" is.
0I think I see the phrases awkward schoolgirl and beautiful woman here as a kind of title.
Related phrases include eg Beautiful woman that she was, she drove men wild.
Using the articles is not incorrect.
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