Timeline for "A Man Named "Rand" Thinks He Can Be President" [duplicate]
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| Apr 8, 2015 at 14:10 | vote | accept | dance2die | ||
| Apr 7, 2015 at 23:17 | history | closed |
user3169 ColleenV M.A.R. Adam Haun Adam |
Duplicate of Is there a missing definite article before caliph in 'the group's leader, XYZ, as (the) caliph'? | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 17:23 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 7, 2015 at 16:19 | comment | added | ColleenV | @DJMcMayhem Well, I think it's OK to say "Cardinal Smith hopes to be Pope someday." The role of Pope is a bit different than President or Prime Minister I suppose, because there is only one in the entire world. Most of the time we say "the Pope", but I don't think it's wrong to drop the article. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 16:01 | answer | added | DrMoishe Pippik | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 16:00 | comment | added | DJMcMayhem | @ColleenV, that's what I thought also, but then "pope" came to mind. "When I grow up, I wanna be pope" sounds wrong. There's only one pope. Also, you can be the pope, and you can also be pope Francis. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:57 | comment | added | TimR | But I want to be pilot is ungrammatical unless we're talking about a particular airplane. As a career choice, it requires "a pilot". | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:56 | comment | added | ColleenV | @DJMcMayhem I think "Senator" doesn't work because there is more than one - I think any singular position will work (Mayor) and any group doesn't work (Councilman). My first thought is that "President" is both a title and a role. A person can be the Prime Minister of a country, and also be Prime Minister Smith. I have to think about it some more. | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:55 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:47 | comment | added | DJMcMayhem | @MARamezani I don't think "I wanna be pilot" is correct. Sung, good question! The title sounds right to me, but I can't explain why. It also sounds right if you replace "president" with "king" or "mayor". But it sounds wrong if you say "senator". | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:30 | comment | added | M.A.R. | What do you wanna be? "I wanna be pilot." Pretty sure title's grammatically correct! Well, I think there was a "similar" question on this. Let me find it.... | |
| Apr 7, 2015 at 15:24 | history | asked | dance2die | CC BY-SA 3.0 |