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PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
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Rated (A) 7

articles.latimes.com...
"The agency has rated the incident at Tokyo Electric Power's nuclear plant north of Tokyo a 4, according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. Three Mile Island was rated a 5, while Chernobyl was rated 7 on the 1 to 7 scale, the official said."

It seems that things can be "rated a [NUMBER]" or "rated [NUMBER]". The use of articles before the numbers is random and without rules.
  

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Hi, It would be better for the writer to be consistent. Clive

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Hi,

It would be better for the writer to be consistent.

Clive
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And movies could be either "rated PG" or "rated a PG"?
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And movies could be either "rated PG" or "rated a PG"?
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Hi,

Yes, but I think I always see 'rated PG'.

Clive
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