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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
old question revisited
Hi,
When you use the word 'right', it is likely that you use with the definite article 'the' in front of it; which is based on the thoughts that there should be only one right anything in any moment (I think).
But it seems hard to disregard occurances where a 'the' is not used but an 'a' is used.
If you see a right person for my daughter, call me.
He seems to be a right person for the job.
Am I seeing anomaloue usage cases here or are these in normal use?
When you use the word 'right', it is likely that you use with the definite article 'the' in front of it; which is based on the thoughts that there should be only one right anything in any moment (I think).
But it seems hard to disregard occurances where a 'the' is not used but an 'a' is used.
If you see a right person for my daughter, call me.
He seems to be a right person for the job.
Am I seeing anomaloue usage cases here or are these in normal use?
Top answer
No, they are not 'normal' sentences. You should use 'the' here.
- No, they are not 'normal' sentences.
- You should use 'the' here.
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No, they are not 'normal' sentences. You should use 'the' here.
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a right person doesn't work -- anomalous -- not idiomatic.
We would say a suitable person.
If you find a suitable person for [the job / my daughter], let me know.
CJ
We would say a suitable person.
If you find a suitable person for [the job / my daughter], let me know.
CJ
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