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Sayori Posted 8 years ago
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Do it for personal benefit, and you could be President.

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/738014840543797249

Break classification rules for the public's benefit, and you could be exiled.

Do it for personal benefit, and you could be President.

Why did Snowden choose not to put any article before "President"? "President" is definitely a countable noun, so it supposedly requires an article. Something tells me that it was not an accidental mistake, either.

  

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sayori Why did Snowden choose not to put any article before "President"? It is a position title. sayori Something tells me that it was not an accidental mistake, either.

  • sayori Why did Snowden choose not to put any article before "President"?
  • It is a position title.
  • sayori Something tells me that it was not an accidental mistake, either.
  • No, it was not a mistake.
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sayoriWhy did Snowden choose not to put any article before "President"?

It is a position title.

sayoriSomething tells me that it was not an accidental mistake, either.

No, it was not a mistake.

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