Former Prime Minister
"The former chancellor said the campaign had undone the work of himself and former prime minister David Cameron in winning socially liberal seats such as a Bath, Brighton Kemptown and Oxford East, now lost to Labour and the Lib Dems." (The Guardian.)
Why is the determiner the used in the noun phrase "The former chancellor" and not in a grammatically parallel phrase "former prime minister David Cameron" in the sentence above?
Top answer
Perhaps the Guardian is quoting the actual words said by the former chancellor. such as a Bath should be such as Bath
- Perhaps the Guardian is quoting the actual words said by the former chancellor.
- such as a Bath should be such as Bath
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Perhaps the Guardian is quoting the actual words said by the former chancellor.
such as a Bath should be such as Bath
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