Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
09 Apr 2014, 09:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello, I wanted to ask a question.
For example, let's say I am a doctor who also happens to be a photographer.
Then should I say
1) I am a doctor and photographer.
2) I am a doctor and a photographer?
Slightly confused if 'a' should be there for the second noun.
Thank you.
For example, let's say I am a doctor who also happens to be a photographer.
Then should I say
1) I am a doctor and photographer.
2) I am a doctor and a photographer?
Slightly confused if 'a' should be there for the second noun.
Thank you.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
14 Apr 2014, 10:26
Kudos
Bookmarks
Howdy! Happy to help!
Great question! In your example sentences, both constructions are correct. You can have 'a' once or twice. We would consider both of these sentences as having proper parallelism.
What complicates matters is if you want to mention a third thing that you might be, such as a "father." If you were to list three things, then you would have to use "a" three times or only once at the very beginning:
Correct: I am a father, doctor, and photographer.
Correct: I am a father, a doctor, and a photographer.
The two correct sentences have proper and correct parallelism. These next sentences do not because they are highly inconsistence.
Incorrect: I am a father, doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am a father, a doctor, and photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, a doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, a doctor, and photographer.
I hope that I was able to help a little bit!
Happy studying!
uwengdori
Great question! In your example sentences, both constructions are correct. You can have 'a' once or twice. We would consider both of these sentences as having proper parallelism.
What complicates matters is if you want to mention a third thing that you might be, such as a "father." If you were to list three things, then you would have to use "a" three times or only once at the very beginning:
Correct: I am a father, doctor, and photographer.
Correct: I am a father, a doctor, and a photographer.
The two correct sentences have proper and correct parallelism. These next sentences do not because they are highly inconsistence.
Incorrect: I am a father, doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am a father, a doctor, and photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, a doctor, and a photographer.
Incorrect: I am father, a doctor, and photographer.
I hope that I was able to help a little bit!
Happy studying!
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block above for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
