Wednesday, March 23, 2016

grammar - Definite and indefinite articles when introducing a person

No article is used when introducing a person.



This ended terribly for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi; eight years after giving up his nuclear program, the US intervened against him in the Libyan civil war.



A definite article is used when introducing a person.



Thomas Homan, the acting director for ICE, said the first instance is if parents could not prove family ties to the minor.



An indefinite article is used when introducing a person.




Also running in the primary are labor organizer Valerie Ervin, state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno, tech entrepreneur Alec Ross, lawyer Jim Shea and Krish Vignarajah, a former policy director for Michelle Obama.



Does the article difference depend on the sentence structure? Or is there a rule that dictates when to use a definite or indefinite article when introducing a person in writing.



Thank you in advance.

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