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Can we use "A" in these sentences below? If yes, would it change the meanings?
"In December 2016, the conservative commentator Scottie Nell Hughes argued that..."
"According to Alexander Dugin, the Russian political scientist and polemicist (nicknamed 'Putin's Rasputin')... "Nixon knew fell well what awaited the politician who was caught lying."
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" If you use "a" here, you would need to add commas around "Scottie Nell Hughes". Comparing the two, the version with "the" gives a slightly stronger feel that this is a significant person whom the reader might be expected to have heard of. cat olive "According to Alexander Dugin, the Russian political scientist and polemicist (nicknamed 'Putin's Rasputin')...
- " If you use "a" here, you would need to add commas around "Scottie Nell Hughes".
- Comparing the two, the version with "the" gives a slightly stronger feel that this is a significant person whom the reader might be expected to have heard of.
- cat olive "According to Alexander Dugin, the Russian political scientist and polemicist (nicknamed 'Putin's Rasputin')...
- "a" can be used in this sentence with a similar difference to that described above in respect of the first sentence, perhaps to a slightly lesser extent.
- " "a" can be used here without much change in meaning.
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cat olive"In December 2016, the conservative commentator Scottie Nell Hughes argued that..."
If you use "a" here, you would need to add commas around "Scottie Nell Hughes". Comparing the two, the version with "the" gives a slightly stronger feel that this is a significant person whom the reader might be expected to have heard of.
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