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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
1. give up [the] something / 2. give up on [the] something
1. give up [the] something
2. give up on [the] something
Hi,
I asked one native English speaker in http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/giving-up-on-the-grad-school-was-a-blow.3231295/ if we can use the definite article "the" in #1 and #2. He told me that I can't. But I have found many sentence examples that the definite article "the" can work with them.
What's your opinion?
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=give+up+the&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff=
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?hardm=1&t=0&l=0&p=2&q=give+up+on+the
2. give up on [the] something
Hi,
I asked one native English speaker in http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/giving-up-on-the-grad-school-was-a-blow.3231295/ if we can use the definite article "the" in #1 and #2. He told me that I can't. But I have found many sentence examples that the definite article "the" can work with them.
What's your opinion?
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=give+up+the&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff=
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?hardm=1&t=0&l=0&p=2&q=give+up+on+the
Top answer
The is OK in many contexts. Of course you cannot have the pronoun something here. CB
- The is OK in many contexts.
- Of course you cannot have the pronoun something here.
- CB
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The is OK in many contexts. Of course you cannot have the pronoun something here.
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