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   Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   AS>>   
   AS>> Mabel Chiltern:  But it is for an excellent charity: in   
   AS>>    aid of the Undeserving, the only people I am  really   
   AS>>    interested  in.   I  am  the  secretary,  and  Tommy   
   AS>>    Trafford is treasurer.   
   AS>>   
   AS>> Mrs. Cheveley:  And what is Lord Goring?   
   AS>>   
   AS>> Mabel Chiltern:  Oh! Lord Goring is president.   
   AS>>   
   AS>> How can you explain "the secretary",  "treasurer",  and   
   AS>> "president"?   
      
   DH> It  would  seem that they have formed a society (whether   
   DH> formal or  informal)  that  requires  an  executive -- a   
   DH> president, secretary, and treasurer.   
      
   Indeed, a charity.  But I was asking why in the dialog above   
   "secretary" is modifed  by  the  definite  article,  whereas   
   "treasurer" and "president" are not.   
      
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