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A stranger with simple vs A stranger with a simple

The correct phrase is "a stranger with a simple." In this context, "simple" is functioning as an adjective to describe the stranger. The phrase "a stranger with simple" is incorrect as it lacks the necessary noun following the adjective.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 518 views

A stranger with simple

This phrase is incorrect as it lacks a noun following the adjective "simple."

The phrase should be "a stranger with a simple" where "simple" is an adjective describing a quality or characteristic of the stranger.
  • Wise man always treats a stranger with respect, for he could be gazing on the face of an enemy.
  • I can't trust a stranger with the house key on their first day of work.
  • You liked Dr. Kenley. You trusted him, and I'm a stranger with a ponytail.
  • I was somewhere beside a river, and someone, a stranger with a head like a dog, was coming toward me.
  • You mean to tell me you let a stranger with no I.D. and no money check into your place?
  • A stranger with a child in her hand came up to her and she said, "Mrs. White, I brought my daughter here today, because I wanted her to know what a hero was.
  • Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream.
  • You really are a reckless girl to dance with a stranger with a mask, with a murderer in our midst.
  • My body became a stranger and took over...
  • That man carried a stranger 12 blocks.
  • You've brought a stranger without prior approval.
  • You gave a stranger my number.
  • I'm a stranger to myself.
  • Sometimes talking to a stranger is easier.
  • Here you go, stranger with a tie.
  • Just an anonymous stranger with two bullets in his gut.
  • It's the stranger with the goggles.
  • Strangers with great taste in thrift shop furniture.
  • But not by some foreign power or strangers with evil intent against us.
  • That way they'll be looking for strangers with a stolen wagon.

A stranger with a simple

This phrase is correct as it includes the necessary article "a" before the adjective "simple."

Use this phrase when you want to describe a stranger who possesses a quality of simplicity or straightforwardness.
  • Wise man always treats a stranger with respect, for he could be gazing on the face of an enemy.
  • I can't trust a stranger with the house key on their first day of work.
  • You liked Dr. Kenley. You trusted him, and I'm a stranger with a ponytail.
  • I was somewhere beside a river, and someone, a stranger with a head like a dog, was coming toward me.
  • You mean to tell me you let a stranger with no I.D. and no money check into your place?
  • A stranger with a child in her hand came up to her and she said, "Mrs. White, I brought my daughter here today, because I wanted her to know what a hero was.
  • Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream.
  • Yet a simple visit from a well-meaning stranger can unnerve me.
  • You really are a reckless girl to dance with a stranger with a mask, with a murderer in our midst.
  • My body became a stranger and took over...
  • That man carried a stranger 12 blocks.
  • You've brought a stranger without prior approval.
  • You gave a stranger my number.
  • I'm a stranger to myself.
  • Sometimes talking to a stranger is easier.
  • Here you go, stranger with a tie.
  • Just an anonymous stranger with two bullets in his gut.
  • It's the stranger with the goggles.
  • Strangers with great taste in thrift shop furniture.
  • But not by some foreign power or strangers with evil intent against us.

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