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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The mayor and the....
1-The mayor and president of our association entered the building.
2-The mayor and the president of our association entered the building.
In 1 and 2 can we tell how many people walked into the building?
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Are these sentences both correct:
3-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association
4-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association.
Gratefully,
Navi.
2-The mayor and the president of our association entered the building.
In 1 and 2 can we tell how many people walked into the building?
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Are these sentences both correct:
3-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association
4-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
Can you really tell with #1? No. My assumption was two people.
- Can you really tell with #1?
- No.
- My assumption was two people.
- I think you know the answer to your question regarding #2.
- I admit to not noticing details, so what is the difference between #3 and #4?
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Can you really tell with #1? No. My assumption was two people.
I think you know the answer to your question regarding #2.
I admit to not noticing details, so what is the difference between #3 and #4?
I think you know the answer to your question regarding #2.
I admit to not noticing details, so what is the difference between #3 and #4?
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Thank you very much Barbara.
No. There were not details to notice! I messed up! The second definite article somehow got lost!!! My apologies.
Here is the correct version.
3-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association
4-This is the autobiography of the mayor and the pr
No. There were not details to notice! I messed up! The second definite article somehow got lost!!! My apologies.
Here is the correct version.
3-This is the autobiography of the mayor and president of our association
4-This is the autobiography of the mayor and the pr
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With #1, I assume two people.
With #2, my assumption is confirmed. If you insisted it was the same person, I would wonder why you chose such an odd way of stating it.
An autobiography is written by one person about himself/herself. One person cannot write an autobiography about another person. Even if you changed it to "biography" it's still a story of one person.
With #2, my assumption is confirmed. If you insisted it was the same person, I would wonder why you chose such an odd way of stating it.
An autobiography is written by one person about himself/herself. One person cannot write an autobiography about another person. Even if you changed it to "biography" it's still a story of one person.
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the mayor and president of our association
This sounds a little odd to me, because it seems to refer to two position as follows.
the mayor of our association
the president of our association
This sounds a little odd to me, because it seems to refer to two position as follows.
the mayor of our association
the president of our association
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Thank you very much Barbara and Clive.
Well, the mayor of a city can also be the president of an association. That is what I meant
The mayor of our city and the president of our association...
I think if you are in a city and talking about the mayor of that city, you can simply say 'the mayor'.... or maybe it should be 'the Mayor'?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Well, the mayor of a city can also be the president of an association. That is what I meant
The mayor of our city and the president of our association...
I think if you are in a city and talking about the mayor of that city, you can simply say 'the mayor'.... or maybe it should be 'the Mayor'?
Gratefully,
Navi.
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My point was that your phrasing makes it sound a bit like he is the mayor of the association.
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The mayor and president of our association . . .
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