The night when I graduated from the normal school and was assigned the principal of an elementary school, both mother and I were sleepless.
这句话中principal前为何没有任何冠词,是完全对等关系吗?
当名词表示由一个人担任的职务时,这个职务的特指的,但习惯上定冠词是可以省略的,即定冠词可用也可以不用。但如果该名词用来指担任这个职务的人时,则定冠词不可以省略。本句中principal 表示校长这个职务,所以定冠词可用,也可以省略。如果某位家长需要找校长反应情况,此时principal指校长这个人,定冠词就不可以省略了。所以:
I was assigned (the) principal of an elementary school. (the可有可无)
I have to see the principal of the school. (the不可省略)
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