A person with vision and ambition Or a person with a vision and an ambition?

Question

Is it "a person with vision and ambition", or "a person with a vision and an ambition"? How about "a person with a great vision" vs "a person with great vision", and "a person with a great ambition" or "a person with great ambition"? And finally, how about "a person with great visions" and '" a person with great ambitions"?
Thanks!

Answer 1

"a person with vision and ambition" has the quality of seeing how the world could be (vision) and the will to achieve (ambition).



"a person with a vision and an ambition" has a dream for the future of his country and a single aim he wishes to fulfill.



"a person with a great vision" has a wonderful picture in mind for society's future.

"a person with great vision" is ambiguous. It could mean the person has good eyesight!



"a person with a great ambition" is someone who wants to achieve a specific admirable goal.

"a person with great ambition" is someone who yearns passionately to achieve.



"a person with great visions" could be a prophet who sees the future in dreams.

"a person with great ambitions" is someone who has several ambitious plans he aims to achieve in life.

Answer 2

"He is a person with vision and ambition", would mean that 'he' generally has these qualities.

The second version - "a person with a vision and an ambition" makes specific to "a" vision - suggesting that there is something this person has as a goal or intent - specific thing I mean.



The former makes a general statement about the person having these qualities - the latter gets specific. -- the same applies when you say he is a person with great vision - then change it to "a" great vision - the use of the specifc "a" suggests a definite vision - not just "vision" as a general concept.



Again, referring to "ambition" is a general terminology - to say he has "an ambition" suggests a specifc ambition - as against 'ambition' as a generalised quality.



D'ya see? using "a" or "an" creates the definitive reference to a specific 'vision or ambition as against a general reference to general qualities..





AND I will add - there is no reason a sentence could not say "he is a person of vision with a great ambition" - this woould be generalising about his 'vision' but suggesting also a 'specific' ambition -

Answer 3

The first one is generally correct. However, if you wanted to use the second version, you could fix it by adding an ending. For example: "A person with vision and an ambition to rule the world." The "an" implies a specific ambition, so it makes sense to tell us what that ambition is. However, if you are trying to describe general qualities "a person with vision and ambition" is correct.

Answer 4

Great, great, great, great. You know they say: IF YOU AIM FOR NOTHING, YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT. What you have to do is just to structure your own goals and do some planning. It is impossible to do all at the same time. Structure your goals and get them into some order and develop a BLUEPRINT for your life. There is many websites that can help you do this (FOR FREE). Just surf a bit, and i hope you will achieve EVERYTHING you aim for.