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Both are fine and synonymous. In the first, first is a noun and in the second, first is an adjective. Two different ways of saying the same thing.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 12, 2012 20:05 pm article |
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| Thank you for replying . One last thing : why can't I use the article after 'in first place, in second place' etc. ? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 12, 2012 23:32 pm article |
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I don't really know, but I suppose that 'in Xth place' is idiomatic when speaking of competitions. You can use 'the' in other situations: 'I took the first place I could find in the parking lot.'
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Jan 12, 2012 23:49 pm article |
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| Allthewayanime wrote: |
| Thank you for replying . One last thing : why can't I use the article after 'in first place, in second place' etc. ? |
It is with some trepidation that I venture into this subject area again, but in another thread we found several similar instances where articles are usually dropped:
"first/second/etc. prize"
"first/second/etc. gear"
"first/second/etc. base"
I suspect there may be others too.
As Mister Micawber says of "place", I suppose we can label all these as "idiomatic"? |
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| the date | in or on the second place? |
