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0What are the general rules applied to the phrases like this: He worked for telecommunication company Brittish Telecome. Nordic operator Telenor announced the acquisition of .... . What article is to be used before telecommunication company BT and Nordic operator Telenor, if any. 02br00Could you also submit a link to the rules regulating the use of these noun phrases?02br00Thank you very much for help.0-

Clive · Accepted Answer

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01font00What are the general rules applied to the phrases like this: He worked for telecommunication company Brittish Telecome. Nordic operator Telenor announced the acquisition of .... . What article is to be used before telecommunication company BT and Nordic operator Telenor, if any. 02br
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00As regards your first phrase, I would write and punctuate it this way. 01i00He worked for 01b00the02b00 telecommunication company, British Telecom.02i00 You can see that it is not all one single, long phrase, but rather two phrases in apposition, separated by a comma. When you look at it this way, it seems clear that the normal rules of articles require the specific article 'the' to qualify the noun 'company'01i00.02i02br
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00Now let's look at your second phrase. The way you have written it seems to be to be in a 'newspaper headline' kind of style. Headlines often stretch or ignore rules for the use of articles and other features of grammar. I would write and punctuate it as 01i01b00The 02b00Nordic operator, Telenor, announced the acquisition of IBM.02i00 As with the first example, here again00, when you look at it this way, the noun 'operator' clearly seems to need the specific article 'the', in accordance with the normal, everyday rules for the use of articles.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive02br
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