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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Concerning the sentence; Mr. Brown is a teacher.

0Concerning the sentence; Mr. Brown is a teacher.02br
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00 I don't know for sure why in this sentence, a is used.02br
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00 One of the probable reasons is that "a teacher" is a kind of concept---Occupation, and this concept differs from other concepts (we see a dividing line between this concept and other concepts), so "a" is used.02br
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00 The other is that "a teacher" means one of the teachers, so "a" is used.02br
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00 Which is correct? Or both? Or is there any other reason? 0-
  

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0It is just that he is one of many teachers. 02br 02br 00No different in structure to 'Bob is a boy' or 'Mrs. Kent is a woman' or 'Mr.

— Nona the brit

  • 0It is just that he is one of many teachers.
  • 02br 02br 00No different in structure to 'Bob is a boy' or 'Mrs.
  • Kent is a woman' or 'Mr.
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0It is just that he is one of many teachers. 02br
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00No different in structure to 'Bob is a boy' or 'Mrs. Kent is a woman' or 'Mr. Brown is a man'.0-
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0 I wonder if your mother tongue is perhaps another Germanic language, like Swedish? In Swedish no article is used after 01i00be02i00 when a job title follows: 01i00Han är lärare. 02i00In English that rule doesn't apply.02br
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