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Huh? Dropping the "A" changes the meaning.
by leephillips 5y ago
Huh? Dropping the "A" changes the meaning.
- EGreg 5y agoYes it does but it is often acceptable “The rockettes have done xyz” “A rockette has done xyz” “Rockette does xyz” Rockette here is used as a category of people, a label. She is a member of “The Rockettes” Similarly, “most invasive weed” is a member of “THE MOST INVASIVE WEEDS” group, and dropping the “a” is done in newspaper headlines a lot, things are often contracted such as Politico or Prez or POTUS etc.
- kyralis 5y agoThis is false. This would be true for "invasive weed", but adding the "most" qualifier without another modifier indicates a specific member, not any member of a set.
- EGreg 5y agoHere, I just got an email with a subject “ Securitize recognized as top blockchain company, and more news” Not “a top” but “top”. But really, they dropped the “a”. Get it?
- EGreg 5y agoNo, the adjective can sometimes be part of the name of the group, if it becomes well known. “Best Western Hotel offers discounts starting in May” Does this mean this is really the best Western Hotel?