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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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first prize
1 i 00 John, you have done an excellent job. You won the first prize. 02 i 02 br
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01 cite 10 Teo 12 cite 11 i 10 John, you have done an excellent job. You won 10 the 10 first prize. 12 i 12 br
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10 Why use 11 i 10 the definite article 12 i 10 before "first prize"? I think the difinite article should be delet
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0 You need 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 , because we're talking about a 01 font 00 specific 02 font 00 prize, 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 first prize. 0-
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0 Actually, Teo, you make a good point. Idiomatically, we do say "You won first prize" or "You took first place." 02 br
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00 When you put the article in there, it does sound like John won the first prize that was awarded that day, but not necessarily the prize that was first in importance. 0-
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00 When you put the article in there, it does sound like John won the first prize that was awarded that day, but not necessarily the prize that was first in importance. 0-
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