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Nancy1982 Posted 20 years ago
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During a or the first year? which is correct? thank you.
During a first year, a Fee Adm. may spend all of his/her time explaining and talking about the legislation to the public, developers, council, and other officials.
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"During the first year"is correct. "first year" means a definite time ,so indefinite article 'a' is not suitable here.
- "During the first year"is correct.
- "first year" means a definite time ,so indefinite article 'a' is not suitable here.
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"During the first year"is correct.
"first year" means a definite time ,so indefinite article 'a' is not suitable here.
"first year" means a definite time ,so indefinite article 'a' is not suitable here.
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Nancy1982During a (if this is part of an article where you're usually talking about a future plan that will be used or might be used, its better to use "the" because you're specifyeing that this plan is for "the" first year) first year, a (this rule is also applied here, so if you've specifyed which fees are goining to be involved in the plan you have to use "th
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