a number for new vendor vs a number for the new vendor

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'A number for new vendor' is incorrect as it is missing the article 'the' before 'new vendor'. 'A number for the new vendor' is the correct phrase to use when referring to a specific, known vendor.

Last updated: March 29, 2024

a number for new vendor

This phrase is incorrect as it is missing the article 'the' before 'new vendor'.

This phrase is not correct in English. It should be 'a number for the new vendor' to refer to a specific, known vendor.

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My dad gave me a number for him.
There's a number for a salesman on my desk somewhere.
Each tenderer shall be attributed a number for each tender period.
I thought you had a number for her.
Get me a number for your shipping agent.
Mr. Frobisher has a number for you.
I have a number for an aviary.
A number for a cab company in Washington DC, please.
I need a number for Bucknell, Bulford.
I was wondering if you had a number for Violet.
I got a number for you to call.
Here's a number for a new psychic named...
I want you to run a number for me.
See if you can get a number for Ben Lander.
I have a number for audrey's family.
Carl, I need a number for McAllister.
Please look up a number for me
Tim Lip is going to sing a number for us.
We only have a number for his father.
I need a number for Noel Coward.

Alternatives:

a number for the new vendor
a number for a new vendor
a number for our new vendor
a number for this new vendor
a number for that new vendor

a number for the new vendor

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a specific, known vendor.

Use this phrase when you want to specify that the number is for a particular vendor that is already known or mentioned.

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Nobody's handed in their numbers for the new packet yet.
I understand that a number of PNR data are being used for the new system.
Secondly, I should like a number of clarifications on the question of financing for the new proposed actions.
And then, as you get fresh numbers for the new disposables, you call me... anytime, day or night, to jump phones.
And then, as you get fresh numbers for the new disposables, you call me... anytime, day or night, to jump phones.
He wanted to go to the new vendor burger, but there was too much line.
A number of points in the proposals for the new generation of structural measures merit close consideration:
There is the risk that this may create a number of inequalities, certainly for third countries, but also for the new Member States.
Raising a number of institutional points, Richard CORBETT (PES, Yorkshire and the Humber), while accepting the 1 November 2004 date for the new Commission to take up office, emphasised that it would require approval by the new Parliament.
Setting the accession date for the new Member States entails a number of institutional consequences, and it is obviously important that Parliament is fully involved in the discussions on these consequences.
Exploring vessels for the new world.
Parliament currently has 252 translators for the new languages.
It will also be significant for the new Member States.
Loan papers for the new house.
Raising funds for the new pediatric ward.
That will be for the new Commission after next year's European elections and for the new Commissioner responsible for transport.
That will be for the new Commission after next year's European elections and for the new Commissioner responsible for transport.
In seconds, he becomes your mother... and then, the news vendor on the corner.
Secondly, retraining of personnel for the new jobs being provided by the new railway companies.
The discussion sparked off by the second report on economic and social cohesion with a view to the Commission's proposals for the new cohesion policy in a Union of 27 States in 2007 gives rise to a number of considerations from the equal opportunities angle.

Alternatives:

a number for a new vendor
a number for our new vendor
a number for this new vendor
a number for that new vendor
a number for any new vendor

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a number for new vendor vs a number for the new vendor