JKBelieve  +  358026 Mon, 30 Apr 07 03:40 PM 'The economist as scientist'  in this sentence, shouldn't there be 'a' between 'as' and 'scientist'?? I thought some sort of article was always supposed to be in front of a noun...i guess i've been wrong. Can you tell me if there are any other cases in which article do not come in front of nouns? JKBelieve Joined on Thu, Nov 25 2004 Full Member 278 Reality is what we believe it is - JK Articles, Nouns

	Philip  +  358052 Mon, 30 Apr 07 04:28 PM  JKBelieve wrote: 'The economist as scientist'  in this sentence, shouldn't there be 'a' between 'as' and 'scientist'?? I thought some sort of article was always supposed to be in front of a noun...i guess i've been wrong. Can you tell me if there are any other cases in which article do not come in front of nouns? I can understand your confusion because I cannot offer you a reason.  Think of it simply as a fixed  adjectival structure: the teacher as disciplinarian, the wife as confidante, etc. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,736 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Articles, Nouns