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   Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:   
      
   >  AS> Hey! The phrase "I forgot he was vegetarian!" (with 'was'   
   >  AS> and no article before 'vegetarian') is a quote from the   
   >  AS> book! Do [you] insist on correcting the language of Ramsey   
   >  AS> Campbell???   
   >   
   > Well, taking in mind that it was a horror story, it could mean:   
   > 1. He stopped be a vegetarian after that meal.   
   > 3. He was a vegetarian and died from that meal.   
      
   Honestly, neither is true. But where is your point 2. ?   
      
   > As for the absence of "a" before "vegetarian" I don't know.   
      
   It is only logical if one reads 'vegetarian' as an adjective, which   
   it is in that sentence.   
      
   > IMHO Englishmen can live without articles if they want. We see it   
   > when we read news titles, for instance. ;)   
      
   That is a special distortion of grammatical form that has its own   
   telegraphic rules with lots of elision.   
      
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