Timeline for Should I include “as a” for every item in a list of jobs, or just the first item?
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1086005454038331393 | ||
| Jan 17, 2019 at 18:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @MatthewW: I'm not sure "technically incorrect" means anything here. But your example sounds fine to me, so you get the bonus points (or at least, a comment upvote, which is the best I can offer! :) | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 18:06 | comment | added | Matthew W | @FumbleFingers: "JQ Adams served as a Senator, as President, and as a Representative." Sounds correct to me to drop the article in front of President, even in a list, but perhaps technically incorrect. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:55 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Jasper: Good point. For bonus points, can you think of any context where a "deleted" term could "validly" be *re-introduced" in a subsequent element within such a list? Offhand, I can't. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:48 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Made title more descriptive
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:46 | answer | added | FumbleFingers | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:40 | comment | added | Jasper | Did you intentionally omit "a" before "housekeeper manager" in the first example? | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:35 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Retagged. Deleted thanks. Improved formatting.
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:30 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 17:27 | history | asked | isla | CC BY-SA 4.0 |