Use of article
Hi
Recent historians have begun to re-evaluate the career of General William Tecumseh Sherman, painting him as a war criminal and a monstrous villain.
Do we need the underlined indefinite article?
I was thinking since both— war criminal and monstrous villain—refer to the same, we don't need.
Please share your views.
Suresh
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vsuresh painting him as a war criminal and a monstrous villain I take the " a " as an emphatic one in the clause. In other words, it attracts special attention to the monstrosity of the villain in question.
- vsuresh painting him as a war criminal and a monstrous villain I take the " a " as an emphatic one in the clause.
- In other words, it attracts special attention to the monstrosity of the villain in question.
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vsuresh painting him as a war criminal and a monstrous villain
I take the "a" as an emphatic one in the clause. In other words, it attracts special attention to the monstrosity of the villain in question.
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