Use of Articles in Some Syntactic Relations

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Use of Articles in Some Syntactic Relations

§ 21. The use of articles with predicative nouns.

As stated above (see § 2) a predicative noun is used with the in­definite article if the speaker states that the object denoted by the noun belongs to a certain class.

If a predicative noun is modified by a particularizing attribute, the definite article is used.

He isthe student you wanted to speak  to.

If a predicative noun denotes a post which can be occupied by one person at a time, either no article or the definite article is used.

Mr. Henderson is manager, not under-manager any longer. (Lindsay)

Montanelli was director of the theological seminary at Pisa.

No article is used with predicative nouns after the verbs to turn, to commence, to appoint, to elect.

Compeyson turned traitor. — Компейсон стал предателем. Shakespeare commenced actor. — Шекспир начинал как ак­тер.

They appointed him head-teacher. — Его назначили старшим преподавателем.

A predicative noun sometimes has an adjectival character, espe­cially when it is followed by the adverb enough. In this case no article is used.

Surely Bolla isn't fool enough to believe that sort of stuff? (Voynich) — Неужели Болла настолько глуп, чтобы поверить подобному вздору?

When a predicative noun in an adverbial clause of concession is placed at the head of the clause, no article is used.

Child as he was, David understood that Creakle was an ignorant man. — Хотя Дэвид был ребенком, он понимал, что Крикль — невежественный человек.

The nouns son and daughter used predicatively take the definite article when modified by an of-phrase, though there may be several sons and daughters in the family.

Lomonosov wasthe son of a fisherman.

Becky Sharp wasthe daughter of an artist.

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