The man who knocked at the door was stranger. vs The man who knocked at door was stranger.

Both phrases are incorrect. The correct sentence should be: 'The man who knocked at the door was a stranger.' The article 'a' is needed before 'stranger' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 5167 views

The man who knocked at the door was stranger.

This phrase is incorrect. It is missing the article 'a' before 'stranger.'

The correct sentence should be 'The man who knocked at the door was a stranger.'

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You know she was the woman who knocked at the door.
No-one knocked at the door and everything was locked up tight.
I knocked at the door of my wonderful advisor, Reggie Edgerton, to share my new idea.
I knocked at the door, as he instructed... but I didn't like to go in because...
Do you know... the man who knocked you over is a poet.
They knocked at the door of the monastery and were given a loving, generous welcome by the monks, who accepted the young Buckhard as a novice.
When I hear that the man who knocked out Zupan has been advanced to the second round, it makes me wonder if my coach is secretly on the rival team's payroll.
Toni Elias, the man who knocked him off in Jerez at the start of the season.
One day I'll be the man who can't sleep and talks to strangers.
She came home during the session, she knocked at the door, back from Rome.
Says the man at the door.
Says the man who can't open the door.
Cuba has just knocked at the door, and, if Cuba is also accepted into the ACP-EU community, that will be a momentous step and will bring in its wake processes of change in Cuba itself.
When I was in the army in Tikrit in Iraq, the man who lived next door was a policeman.
He's a paranoid hit man who knocked you about.
The man who signed in to see Rossi went up to the sixth floor, held the door open for Kevin and Anderson...
Blood trail stops at the door.
Someone left another cake at the door.
There's a guard at the door 24/7.
I just looked at the door.

The man who knocked at door was stranger.

This phrase is also incorrect. It is missing the article 'a' before 'stranger.'

The correct sentence should be 'The man who knocked at the door was a stranger.'

Show examples from the web [+]

Do you know... the man who knocked you over is a poet.
When I hear that the man who knocked out Zupan has been advanced to the second round, it makes me wonder if my coach is secretly on the rival team's payroll.
Toni Elias, the man who knocked him off in Jerez at the start of the season.
One day I'll be the man who can't sleep and talks to strangers.
When I was in the army in Tikrit in Iraq, the man who lived next door was a policeman.
He's a paranoid hit man who knocked you about.
You know she was the woman who knocked at the door.
Seems like him and good luck always was strangers.
We're treating a man who runs into burning buildings for perfect strangers.
Unfortunately, the man who attacked him escaped.
To the man who killed my sister.
The man who returns Italy to greatness.
The man who marked your flesh...
I even forgave the man who murdered my son.
The man who arranged your adoption.
The Man Who Just Ruined My Marriage.
Face the man who took your dignity.
The man who helped fund this club.
- The man who visited Uncle.
Then the man who hired me disappeared.

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The man who knocked at the door was stranger. vs The man who knocked at door was stranger.