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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Why the definite article is not used at the beginning of the sentence?

Hi,

QUOTE -
A participant's role in a conference determines his/her rights and available tools to manage participation of the other.
* Organizer - the user who created the conference. Organizer also holds the Moderator role in the beginning of the conference.
* Moderator - this role belongs to the Organizer or the participant appointed by the Organizer. Moderator manages participation of the other participants.
UNQUOTE

Note the two sentences in italics. The first starts with 'Organizer', the second with 'Moderator'. Neither is preceded by 'the'... can you explain why?

Thank you!

mus-te
  

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It's a list. Such a list uses something like headline style.

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It's a list. Such a list uses something like headline style.
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enoonIt's a list. Such a list uses something like headline style.
Still, what would you say if I put the definite article before those two nouns anyway?
It would be an error? a stylistic error?

Thanks again!
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MUSCOVITEHi,QUOTE -A participant's role in a conference determines his/her rights and available tools to manage participation of the other.* Organizer - the user who created the conference. Organizer also holds the Moderator role in the beginning of the conference.* Moderator - this role belongs to the Organizer or the participant appointed by the Organizer. Moderator man
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MUSCOVITE enoonIt's a list. Such a list uses something like headline style.Still, what would you say if I put the definite article before those two nouns anyway?It would be an error? a stylistic error?Thanks again!
I'd say it would be an error because the article is so very unnecessary that the reader would wonder why it's there. There are no universal rules f
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Putting "the" before either one would be okay, but the reason it is omitted in the original is for a kind of emphasis. You're trying to highlight the role of each. This would be like in a chess book where the pieces and their hierarchy of power are identified:

****: the least powerful piece on the board
Knight: more powerful then the ****, can be very powerful in certain situation
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enoon:
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anonymous:
Your comments are VERY interesting and useful!
Thank you very much!
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