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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Do you need the article here?
Hi,
Please check to see if the article 'a' is necessary. I thought when it is started with a possessive, the article isn't used usually,
It's the sound of a West End's troupe's hit performance, "Stomp," bounding its way into Seoul ...
Please check to see if the article 'a' is necessary. I thought when it is started with a possessive, the article isn't used usually,
It's the sound of a West End's troupe's hit performance, "Stomp," bounding its way into Seoul ...
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Yes is is necessary because although it is a possessive, you don't know which troupe they are talking about. If it had been the name of the theatre company with the possessive, then an article wouldn't be used. If you removed the 'a' it would sound as though the theatre company were called 'West End Troupe'.
- Yes is is necessary because although it is a possessive, you don't know which troupe they are talking about.
- If it had been the name of the theatre company with the possessive, then an article wouldn't be used.
- If you removed the 'a' it would sound as though the theatre company were called 'West End Troupe'.
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Yes is is necessary because although it is a possessive, you don't know which troupe they are talking about. If it had been the name of the theatre company with the possessive, then an article wouldn't be used. If you removed the 'a' it would sound as though the theatre company were called 'West End Troupe'.
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Hi,
Do you say the following is OK too? Why is that when the word 'Pandora' seems to be a proper noun. I checked a dictionary and it noted it, 'Opens a Pandora's box', as a 'PHRASE: V inflects'. Should I just take it as an anomaly?
Opens a Pandora's box
Do you say the following is OK too? Why is that when the word 'Pandora' seems to be a proper noun. I checked a dictionary and it noted it, 'Opens a Pandora's box', as a 'PHRASE: V inflects'. Should I just take it as an anomaly?
Opens a Pandora's box
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It's because Pandora's box is an idiom. You are not opening a box belonging to someone called Pandora.
Well, if you knew someone called Pandora and you were opening her box, you would say I opened Pandora's box.
But using 'Pandora's box' as a phrase to mean 'a source of unforseen problems/troubles' then the proper noun part is not relevant. It's just an idiom that happens to cont
Well, if you knew someone called Pandora and you were opening her box, you would say I opened Pandora's box.
But using 'Pandora's box' as a phrase to mean 'a source of unforseen problems/troubles' then the proper noun part is not relevant. It's just an idiom that happens to cont
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