Question

Select a suitable option to complete the sentence:

William Shakespeare is famous as ___________.

• A. a poet and a dramatist.
• B. a poet and dramatist.
• C. the poet and the dramatist.
• D. the poet and a dramatist.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

a poet and dramatist.

The indefinite article 'a' is used before unspecific / common nouns. Poet and dramatist are common nouns. It is not required to use the article twice (before poet and dramatist separately) because they both refer to the same person - Shakespeare. Therefore, the correct option is B) a poet and dramatist.