Discussion
Fill in the blank space with the most appropriate article.
May we have __________ pleasure of your company for lunch?
Answer: A
The article is the: May we have the pleasure of your company for lunch?
May we have the pleasure of... is a fixed polite formula. The noun pleasure is made definite by the phrase that follows it, of your company, which says exactly which pleasure is meant, so it takes the.
A pleasure would treat it as one pleasure among many and is not used in this invitation formula. An does not fit the consonant sound of pleasure, and a singular noun like this cannot go without an article.
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