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Reegis Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A final evaluation of the program will be possible only after it is completed.

Hello.

I have a few questions about the following sentence:
A final evaluation of the program will be possible only after it is completed.

1) Is this sentence grammatically correct?
2) Especially, shouldn't we use 'the' before 'final' as I imagine that 'final evaluation' is only one, which identifies it unambiguously. Of course I assume here first mention (for second mention obviously we should use 'the').
3) Is zero article possible here before 'final evaluation'? I googled this phrase and saw that sometimes it is used.

Thanks for help Emotion: smile

  

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1) Yes. 2) The indefinite article is correct. At the moment, we may not know who will make the final evaluation and when it'll be made.

— Cool Breeze

  • 1) Yes.
  • 2) The indefinite article is correct.
  • At the moment, we may not know who will make the final evaluation and when it'll be made.
  • This article may occur even before an ordinal numer : I'll have to try a second time.
  • 3) Yes.
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1) Yes.

2) The indefinite article is correct. At the moment, we may not know who will make the final evaluation and when it'll be made. This article may occur even before an ordinal numer: I'll have to try a second time.

3) Yes. 'Evaluation' can be uncountable.

CB

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Reegis1) Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Yes.

Reegis2) Especially, shouldn't we use 'the' before 'final'

I would not. Think of it as "any final evaluation", which would also work. "The" would actually reference a specific evaluation that does not exist yet, even in planning, or at least you haven't t

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