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Teo Posted 20 years ago
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first prize

01. She won the first prize because she tried hard.02br
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002. She won first prize because she tried hard.02br
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003. She won a first prize because she tried hard.02br
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00Which of the above sentences is not acceptable?0-
  

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0The second is not correct because there is no article before "first prize".02br
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00In the 1st sentence, you're talking about the first prize of a competition that has already been mentioned, and there's only one first prize in that competition.02br
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00In the 3rd one, either the competition isn't important, the main thing is that she once won a fir
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00Sorry if I am muddying the waters here, but no 2 is acceptable in everyday speech. In fact, it would be more usual to say “...won first prize”, rather than “...won the first prize”. So all of the sentences are in fact OK.02br
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00For instance, I think it was Kipling, who wrote: 02br
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00"To be born an Englishman is t
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0Oh, you're not muddying anything, you're just making me learn something new! 05000 It just didn't sound right, but now I know it's correct. Thanks, Nick!010id1
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