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Julielai Posted 21 years ago
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Is the article necessary?

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00Two games later, the semi-finalists began a third tie-break and that stayed level for 10 points in sucession. Then Johansson served wide to Roddick's forehand and the American responded with a return that clipped the top of the net and dropped over, way out of 01b00the02b00 hapless Johansson's reach. Roddick served out for the final with a service winner.02br
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00Do we need an article there?02br
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0It sure sounds awkward in reading it aloud. out of 01b 00the02b 00 reach of hapless Johansson? 02br 02br 00I notice, however, that 'succession' is misspelled: 'sucession'.

— Davkett

  • 0It sure sounds awkward in reading it aloud.
  • out of 01b 00the02b 00 reach of hapless Johansson?
  • 02br 02br 00I notice, however, that 'succession' is misspelled: 'sucession'.
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0It sure sounds awkward in reading it aloud. But isn't the article aimed at 'reach', as in: ...out of 01b00the02b00 reach of hapless Johansson? 02br
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00I notice, however, that 'succession' is misspelled: 'sucession'. Or is that a typo of yours?0-
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0I realize, Julielai, since you are an advanced moderator, that this has to be more complicated than my comment might appear to suggest. But I'm in the fray now, and will have more interest in following closely all the responses to come.02br
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00Even if the phrase isn't turned around, I wonder if the intent of 'the' is to express something like: 'the hapless player, poor
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0(This lack of a working 'edit' button continues to be a pain. Hurry and get it fixed, folks.)02br
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00I should have written 'advanced member' in the previous post.0-
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0Hello Julielai02br
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00I don't know whether <the+adjective+proper name> is correct or not. But actually we come across such a collocation. I'll show you some examples that I found online.02br
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    00Congressman, he sent the Rev. Cook and elegant hand Bible, a beautiful walking cane, and other pric
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0Bill Gates is known to be rich; Mary, to be innocent.02br
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00Is Johansson hapless enough for him to become 01b00the02b00hapless Johansson? 05000 (After all, he reached the semis!)02br
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00Help!02br
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00P.S. I'm not an advanced mod. -- perhaps you're referring to Mr. P, Mr. M, or CJ? 0510
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0Hi Julielai,02br
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00I did correct my reference to you as a moderator...see my subsequent post. One more time: Get us the edit button working, folks. 02br
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00(And the reason I mentioned the misspelled word is that if the Wimbledon editor missed the spelling error, maybe the 'the' is also a missed error.)0-
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0Hi Davkett,02br
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00I am a mod, just not an advanced one. haha0-
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0Hello Julielai02br
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00You are right that "the rich Bill Gate" implies that everyone knows Bill Gate being rich. But as for "the innocent Mary", it sounds to me as if the writer expresses his/her emotion toward Mary. Probably the writer of your article also wanted to express his/her sympathy toward Johansson.02br
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10 ........way out of 11b10the12b10 hapless Johansson's reach. 12br
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10We need the article "01b00the02b00" here, julielai. Replace the adjective "01i00hapless02i00" with 01i00"outwitted02i00" i
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10...the American responded with a return that clipped the top of the net and dropped over, way out of 11b10the12b10 hapless Johansson's reach... 12br
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