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Rommel Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Why omit ‘a’ or ‘the’ in some phrases in news articles?

I observe that the article ‘a’ or ‘the’ in many phrases is omitted in news articles. Take for example, the expression ‘Mr. Smith was guest speaker at the press conference...’ is more commonly used than ‘Mr. Smith was the/a guest speaker at the press conference...’ Why is it so?
  

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Rommel Why is it so? I attribute it to "journalistic style". CJ

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  • Rommel Why is it so?
  • I attribute it to "journalistic style".
  • CJ
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RommelWhy is it so?
I attribute it to "journalistic style".

CJ
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It does sound natural to me the ommition of the article before guest speaker. It would sound weird if it were written. I think it´s not just journalist style.
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