[Grammar] a/the class president

[amiable25]

Hello, I have a question.

T : Who would like to be (a/the) class president?
S : I think Mike can be (a/the) good class president.
T : Andrew recommended Mike as (a/the) class president. Any more candidates?
S: Tracy.
T: Good. That's enough.

Choosing articles is very difficult for me. Please give me answers! Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please stop beginning every thread with 'I have a question'. Just go ahead and ask it.

However, we don't give out free answers to homework assignments.

Please note that I have improved your thread title.

 

[Yankee]

What are your choices?

 

[Rover_KE]

amiable25, I see you asked the same question here.

Please do not post the same question simultaneously to more than one forum. Doing so wastes our valuable time. Instead, post your question to one forum and wait for replies. If you're not satisfied with those replies, you can try another forum, but please indicate in your thread that you've already asked the same question elsewhere (provide a link), and outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already.​

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[amiable25]

T : Who would like to be the class president?
S : I think Mike can be a good class president.
T : Andrew recommended Mike as the class president. Any more candidates?
S: Tracy.
T: Good. That's enough.

This is the original text. I just can't understand why the articles changed like the->a->the again. (I think the-> the-> the is correct)

 

[Tarheel]

the class president - the president of the class those people are a part of
a good class president - somebody worthy of the office
the class president - the president of the class those people are a part of

 

[Tarheel]

If you say you can't understand something you are saying that understanding it is impossible for you.

 

[slevlife]

T : Who would like to be the class president?
T : Andrew recommended Mike as the class president.

For these two sentences, changing “the” to “a” would change the meaning. Using “a” would mean there are multiple “class president” positions in the school, and Mike/others could fill any one of them. In the first sentence, using “the” creates the implied context that the question was asked to the students of the class that they could apply for the presidency of.

S : I think Mike can be a good class president.

He cannot be “the” one of an adjective like “good,” because good is not a unique quality. However, he can be “the best” or “the most practical” class president, because there is only one best or most.