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[allthewayanime]

What's the difference between ' I am the first on the list' and ' I am first on the list' ?
Is the latter option right? Could we use the article before ' first' ?

[Rover_KE]

They look the same to me.

You could omit the article before first.

Rover

[allthewayanime]

Thank you for replying . One last thing : why can't I use the article after 'in first place, in second place' etc. ? For instance :

' In first place was Tom.' (talking about a competition)

[bhaisahab]

Thank you for replying . One last thing : why can't I use the article after 'in first place, in second place' etc. ? For instance :

' In first place was Tom.' (talking about a competition)

You can if you want. Native speakers tend not to.

[allthewayanime]

Is this some kind of exception?

[bhaisahab]

Is this some kind of exception?

No, it's English.