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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Left Of Center

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/world/italian-leader-warns-critics-on-tv-to-toe-the-line.html

"The third is Michele Santoro, a popular television news commentator whose views are left of center."

Does anyone think an article is missing between "of" and "center"?
  

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"left of center" is the correct phrase. "Left of the center" might seem more grammatical, but the the article-less version is the way the phrase has evolved in colloquial speech.

— Anonymous

  • "left of center" is the correct phrase.
  • "Left of the center" might seem more grammatical, but the the article-less version is the way the phrase has evolved in colloquial speech.
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"left of center" is the correct phrase. "Left of the center" might seem more grammatical, but the the article-less version is the way the phrase has evolved in colloquial speech.
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MeggPhaggSiouxDoes anyone think an article is missing between "of" and "center"?
No, the phrase is correct.
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