Forum: English Questions 
Sep 1st, 2012, 03:50 am
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Views: 6,208  Re: use of the definite article
No - it's just the same as all the other examples : "leader" tells you his position, just like "President" or "Head of Department". So the article is optional.
This type of sentence is typical of...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 27th, 2012, 03:56 am
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Views: 6,208 Re: use of the definite article
Yes - as I said above, when the noun is actually a nominalised verb is used, the article seems to be optional. Sometimes you see it, very often you don't.
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 24th, 2012, 10:57 am
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Views: 6,208 Re: use of the definite article
Yes, the zero or definite article would imply "the only one", with the indefinite article indicating "one of a number" :
Michael E. Chernew, PhD is a Professor of Health Care Policy in the...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 24th, 2012, 02:55 am
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Views: 6,208 Re: use of the definite article
In fact, this one does crop up in the grammar of Contemporary English (Quirk et al, Longman). Having said that definite reference requires the definite article, they then say:
However, the zero (or...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 23rd, 2012, 03:41 am
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Views: 6,208 Re: use of the definite article
Yes - good one. It happens with all other titles too :
She is Head of the Science Departmant at the local school.
He is Professor of Economics at XXXX University.
She's Assistant Marketing Director...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 22nd, 2012, 10:36 am
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Views: 6,208 Re: use of the definite article
If you notice, all the nouns which you cite as being used without the article (collection, receipt, notification) are quite different from the others (university, history). Those in the first group ...
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