A/The Vote of Thanks

kapvijay · Post by **kapvijay** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:35 am

Which one is correct? a vote of thanks or the vote of thanks in 'It's my immense pleasure to propose a vote of thanks/ the vote of the thanks at the end of this programme'.

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:02 pm

"a vote of thanks"

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:01 am

Definitely a "first mention" context. Even any subsequent referring back probably wouldn't involve 'the', so as to avoid repetition (A: There was a show of hands. B: How did it/?the show of hands/the vote [note the noun in that last option has changed to a synonym providing variety] go? What was decided?).

kapvijay · Post by **kapvijay** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:40 am

I propose a vote of thanks to Lorikeet and Fluffyhamaster.