type of usage with determiner
A determiner serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context.
Highs & Lows, an addicts path to recovery.
Highs & Lows: addicts path to recovery.
So is the second example wrong without the determiner or stylistic choice? They both have the same meaning but one references one single person.
You may see the second examples usage in a newspaper for instance.
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A determiner serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context.
Highs & Lows, an addicts path to recovery.
Highs & Lows: addicts path to recovery.
So is the second example wrong without the determiner or stylistic choice? They both have the same meaning but one references one single person.
You may see the second examples usage in a newspaper for instance.
word-choice verbs
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A determiner serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context.
Highs & Lows, an addicts path to recovery.
Highs & Lows: addicts path to recovery.
So is the second example wrong without the determiner or stylistic choice? They both have the same meaning but one references one single person.
You may see the second examples usage in a newspaper for instance.
word-choice verbs
asked 17 hours ago
bluebell1
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A determiner serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context.
Highs & Lows, an addicts path to recovery.
Highs & Lows: addicts path to recovery.
So is the second example wrong without the determiner or stylistic choice? They both have the same meaning but one references one single person.
You may see the second examples usage in a newspaper for instance.
word-choice verbs
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Since you've omitted the apostrophe, we can't tell whether the second one is singular or plural; so it could be grammatical with a plural possessor ("addicts' path" = "the path
of addicts").
But, assuming you intended a singular reading ("addict's"), then the second is incomplete, except in headlinese, where articles are often omitted.
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Since you've omitted the apostrophe, we can't tell whether the second one is singular or plural; so it could be grammatical with a plural possessor ("addicts' path" = "the path
of addicts").
But, assuming you intended a singular reading ("addict's"), then the second is incomplete, except in headlinese, where articles are often omitted.
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Since you've omitted the apostrophe, we can't tell whether the second one is singular or plural; so it could be grammatical with a plural possessor ("addicts' path" = "the path
of addicts").
But, assuming you intended a singular reading ("addict's"), then the second is incomplete, except in headlinese, where articles are often omitted.
answered 16 hours ago
Colin Fine
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Since you've omitted the apostrophe, we can't tell whether the second one is singular or plural; so it could be grammatical with a plural possessor ("addicts' path" = "the path
of addicts").
But, assuming you intended a singular reading ("addict's"), then the second is incomplete, except in headlinese, where articles are often omitted.
answered 16 hours ago
Colin Fine
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Since you've omitted the apostrophe, we can't tell whether the second one is singular or plural; so it could be grammatical with a plural possessor ("addicts' path" = "the path
of addicts").
But, assuming you intended a singular reading ("addict's"), then the second is incomplete, except in headlinese, where articles are often omitted.
answered 16 hours ago
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