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   Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev   
   A rule needed :)   
   30 Oct 19 11:23:42   
   
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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi Anton -- on Oct 30 2019 at 15:39, you wrote:   
      
   AS> Indeed, a charity.  But I was asking why in the dialog above   
   AS> "secretary" is modifed  by  the  definite  article,  whereas   
   AS> "treasurer" and "president" are not.   
      
   Oh, sorry - I misunderstood your question!  I think it's been answered,   
   then... in a string of nouns like that, it's permissible to use the article   
   only for the first noun.   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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