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JKBelieve Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A question about nouns

0 Umm read this sentence and give me your opinions please. 02br
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00 'What I need now are prayer and Scripture.' Should prayer and Scripture have 'the' 02br
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00in front of them? When should these special nouns like 'Scripture' have 'the' in front of them? 0-
  

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0What I don't like is the capital 'S'. 'Scripture' of itself does not refer to the holy text of any specific religion. I see nothing special about the noun.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0What I don't like is the capital 'S'.
  • 'Scripture' of itself does not refer to the holy text of any specific religion.
  • I see nothing special about the noun.
  • Here perhaps, it is intended to refer to Biblical material, which would more likely be a proper noun when denominated 'Holy Scripture'-- but then this is not my area of expertise.
  • In either case, it refers to the text material-- an uncountable.
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0What I don't like is the capital 'S'. 'Scripture' of itself does not refer to the holy text of any specific religion. I see nothing special about the noun. Here perhaps, it is intended to refer to Biblical material, which would more likely be a proper noun when denominated 'Holy Scripture'-- but then this is not my area of expertise. In either case, it refers to the text material-- an uncou
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Hi,

More specifically, is she common or proper?

Best wishes, Clive
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