A puzzling question
Is the difference mentioned above correct?
2. Which of the following is a proper noun?
a. oxygen b. Tom's car c. the Eiffel Tower
I go for 'c'
Top answer
Omar Ahmed Is the difference mentioned above correct? Yes. I would add that "in case of" is an idiomatic expression, and "in the case of" is not, and the two are only juxtaposed here for the student who needs to differentiate the two when he encounters one or the other sequence of words.
- Omar Ahmed Is the difference mentioned above correct?
- Yes.
- I would add that "in case of" is an idiomatic expression, and "in the case of" is not, and the two are only juxtaposed here for the student who needs to differentiate the two when he encounters one or the other sequence of words.
- Omar Ahmed I go for 'c' That's a gimme.
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Omar AhmedIs the difference mentioned above correct?
Yes. I would add that "in case of" is an idiomatic expression, and "in the case of" is not, and the two are only juxtaposed here for the student who needs to differentiate the two when he encounters one or the other sequence of words.
Omar AhmedI go for 'c'
That'
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