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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
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A tractor is in a mud puddle, which one would you say?
1. A tractor is in the mud.
2. A tractor is in mud.
Thank you.
1. A tractor is in the mud.
2. A tractor is in mud.
Thank you.
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Do I already know about the tractor? Do I already know about the mud? If you just show me a picture and ask me to describe it, I'd probably just say It's a tractor .
- Do I already know about the tractor?
- Do I already know about the mud?
- If you just show me a picture and ask me to describe it, I'd probably just say It's a tractor .
- Clive'
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Do I already know about the tractor? Do I already know about the mud?
If you just show me a picture and ask me to describe it, I'd probably just say It's a tractor.
Clive'
If you just show me a picture and ask me to describe it, I'd probably just say It's a tractor.
Clive'
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There are a variety of ways to use 'in mud' or 'in the mud' (and sometimes 'with mud').
There's a tractor in the mud.
The tractor is in the mud.
The tractor is stuck in the mud.
The tractor is covered in mud.
The tractor is covered with mud.
There's a man stuck in the mud.
The man is stuck in the mud.
The man is stuck in mud up to his knees.
The man is stuc
There's a tractor in the mud.
The tractor is in the mud.
The tractor is stuck in the mud.
The tractor is covered in mud.
The tractor is covered with mud.
There's a man stuck in the mud.
The man is stuck in the mud.
The man is stuck in mud up to his knees.
The man is stuc
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onizoA tractor is in a mud puddle, which one would you say? 1. A tractor is in the mud.2. A tractor is in mud.Of those two, I would say #1.
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Thank you everyone.
I thought the question itself was asking what my question was as it had only one variation, but it seemed to everyone it wasn't at all obvious.
It was about the usage of "the".
I don't know why people want to be specifice about or want to emphasize "the" mud instead of just mud.
Can you, GPY, tell me why would you want to add "the"? Without it
I thought the question itself was asking what my question was as it had only one variation, but it seemed to everyone it wasn't at all obvious.
It was about the usage of "the".
I don't know why people want to be specifice about or want to emphasize "the" mud instead of just mud.
Can you, GPY, tell me why would you want to add "the"? Without it
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onizoI don't know why people want to be specific about or want to emphasize "the" mud instead of just mud.I don't either. It's just one of those weird things in English. It sounds better with "the" even if it doesn't completely make sense. I suppose the truck is stuck in the specific mud that it's stuck in, but that does
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onizoCan you, GPY, tell me why would you want to add "the"?I might have to resort to the old standby of saying that it is "more idiomatic"!
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onizoI don't know why people want to be specifice about or want to emphasize "the" mud instead of just mud.The mud means that particular patch of deep wet dirt, the consistency of molasses, that was surrounding the truck's body.
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AlpheccaStarsThe mud means that particular patch of deep wet dirt, the consistency of molasses, that was surrounding the truck's body.I actually think that "the mud" doesn't refer to some particular patch of mud. I believe it refers to general mud as a universal thing that we know about, a bit like "fish live in the sea".
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