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   Dallas Hinton to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   DH> Oh, sorry -- I misunderstood your question!   
      
   I beg pardon for not making it clearer the first time.   
      
   DH> I think it's been answered, then...   
      
   By Alexander?  I will comment his answer when time permits.   
      
   DH> in  a string of nouns like that, it's permissible to use   
   DH> the article only for the first noun.   
      
   You have  snipped  the  dialogue  in  question,  so  I  will   
   reinstate it and number the office names:   
      
     Mabel Chiltern:  But  it  is  for an excellent charity: in   
        aid of the Undeserving, the only  people  I  am  really   
        interested  in.   I  am  (1)  the  secretary, and Tommy   
        Trafford is (2) treasurer.   
      
     Mrs. Cheveley:  And what is Lord Goring?   
      
     Mabel Chiltern:  Oh! Lord Goring is (3) president.   
      
   Do you call  that  a  string?   The  office  name  occur  in   
   different  clauses, different sentences, and different lines   
   of dialogue.   
      
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