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| I don’t understand why the author chose not to use an article before ‘American Express Card’ in the first part of the following sentence. Please comment. Suppose, for example, that I eat dinner in a restaurant, run up a $20 bill, and pay by American Express card rather than by cash. The American Express card is not money. Thanks, MG. |
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| The writer has shown poor grammar. It should be: "...run up a $20 bill, and pay with American Express rather than (with) cash." OR"...run up a $20 bill, and pay with an American Express card rather than with cash." We pay by cheque. "Will you pay cash or by cheque?" |
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