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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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[the] employee of the month
0 He's dedicated to his work because he wants to win [the] employee of the month six times in a row to impress one of the staff, a hot girl. 02 br
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00 I do not think 'the' is needed in the context. With the article, it sounds like he's trying to win the guy who holds the title for the current month instead of the title and the person could be a guy 05 0 02 br
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00 Please confirm. Thanks! 010id 1
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00 I do not think 'the' is needed in the context. With the article, it sounds like he's trying to win the guy who holds the title for the current month instead of the title and the person could be a guy 05 0 02 br
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00 Please confirm. Thanks! 010id 1
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" 02 br 02 br 00 (It's going to take him six months to impress her? ) 0-
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0 I would say "he wants to be named/designated [as] Employee of the Month" or "he wants to win the Employee of the Month award." 02 br
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00 (It's going to take him six months to impress her? Just buy her some flowers!) 0-
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00 (It's going to take him six months to impress her? Just buy her some flowers!) 0-
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0 No 'the' is necessary. Your explanation is correct. 02 br
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00 It could have been expressed: "he wants to win the employee of the month award". 0-
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00 It could have been expressed: "he wants to win the employee of the month award". 0-
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0 Thanks for the advice but she has a thing for employees of the Month. 05 0 010id 1
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0 The other day, I watched a TV show called American Inventor. I'm not sure whether I missed the article because, like always Americans speak so fast as English is their mother tongue, one of the judges said, "Is it [the invention] good enough to win American Inventor?" 02 br
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00 Should there be a 'the' before 'American Inventor'? 0-
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00 Should there be a 'the' before 'American Inventor'? 0-
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0 No, it's a shorthand way of saying "the American Inventor prize" or whatever. 0-
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0 So in summary, I can say all of the following, right? 02 br
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00 He wants to win the Employee of the Month award (in formal writing) 02 br
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00 He wants to win Employee of the Month (shorthand way) 02 br
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00 He wans to win the Employee of the Month (award is understood from the context, therefore left out) 0-
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00 He wants to win the Employee of the Month award (in formal writing) 02 br
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00 He wants to win Employee of the Month (shorthand way) 02 br
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00 He wans to win the Employee of the Month (award is understood from the context, therefore left out) 0-
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