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Scarf aqua 468 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Capitalised nouns

Is it 'He was the president of the USA' or 'He was the President of the USA'?

  

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He was [the] president of the USA. Oddly enough, the article can be omitted when only one person can be the president at a time. But when the president's name is included: He never met P resident Kennedy .

— Cool Breeze

  • He was [the] president of the USA.
  • Oddly enough, the article can be omitted when only one person can be the president at a time.
  • But when the president's name is included: He never met P resident Kennedy .
  • CB
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He was [the] president of the USA.

Oddly enough, the article can be omitted when only one person can be the president at a time.

But when the president's name is included: He never met President Kennedy.

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