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Newscaster vs. newsagent #1 (permalink) Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:51 am   Newscaster vs. newsagent
 

Test No. incompl/elem-23 "On TV tonight", question 7

This will be read by the very pretty ......... Penny Lane.

(a) newsagent
(b) newscaster
(c) newsbringer
(d) newspaper

Test No. incompl/elem-23 "On TV tonight", answer 7

This will be read by the very pretty newscaster Penny Lane.

Correct answer: (b) newscaster

Your answer was: incorrect
This will be read by the very pretty newsagent Penny Lane.
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What's the difference between "newsagent", "newsbringer", "newscaster"?
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Newsagent #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:54 am   Newsagent
 

Newsagent is a shop/person selling newspapers - newsbringer is an oldfashioned word used say in Roman times when people carried messages from one king to another - newscaster is someone who reads the news on TV.
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Newscaster vs. newsagent #3 (permalink) Tue Jan 30, 2007 17:00 pm   Newscaster vs. newsagent
 

Excellent! It's a very interesting answer!
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Newscaster vs. newsagent #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:14 am   Newscaster vs. newsagent
 

Hi Alan

Thank you for your answers about newsagent, newsbringer, and newscaster, it's clear!
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Newscaster vs. newsagent #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 25, 2009 14:03 pm   Newscaster vs. newsagent
 

hi alan,
why is here " by the very pretty, it can be "by a very pretty" what is appropriate usage here?
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Newscaster vs. newsagent #6 (permalink) Tue Aug 25, 2009 16:49 pm   Newscaster vs. newsagent
 

Hi Vara,

You need the definite article 'the' here because the phrase refers to one specific person -- Penny Lane.

By the way, please remember to capitalize the beginning of a sentence and names such as Alan.

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