White Hat
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Dear forumers!
The other day I came across the following sentence:
He attends boxing training and in September goes to college to train as plumber or mechanic.
It appears in an article by Stuart Jeffries (The Guardian, Tuesday 28 May 2013).
I'm wondering whether the author is right leaving the indefinite article(s) out in that sentence. I have googled the word combination "train as" - all of the results I'm getting come with the article.
Is that a misprint or some kind of a rule? Please show me what's wrong with that usage. Thank you in advance.
The other day I came across the following sentence:
He attends boxing training and in September goes to college to train as plumber or mechanic.
It appears in an article by Stuart Jeffries (The Guardian, Tuesday 28 May 2013).
I'm wondering whether the author is right leaving the indefinite article(s) out in that sentence. I have googled the word combination "train as" - all of the results I'm getting come with the article.
Is that a misprint or some kind of a rule? Please show me what's wrong with that usage. Thank you in advance.