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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Omission of beginning articles
The following is common in publications:
Figure 1 Example of . . .
Section 2 Original report of . . .
Grammatically I suppose the above should be
Figure 1 An example of . . .
Section 2 The original report of . . .
Why are the articles omitted? Thanks!
Figure 1 Example of . . .
Section 2 Original report of . . .
Grammatically I suppose the above should be
Figure 1 An example of . . .
Section 2 The original report of . . .
Why are the articles omitted? Thanks!
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Anonymous Figure 1 is/shows a n example of . . Anonymous Section 2 is t he original report of .
- Anonymous Figure 1 is/shows a n example of .
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- Anonymous Section 2 is t he original report of .
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- Anonymous Why are the articles omitted?
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AnonymousFigure 1 is/shows an example of . . .
AnonymousSection 2 is the original report of . . .
AnonymousWhy are the articles omitted?They are omitted in such captions for the sake of brevity.
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