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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A recipe for "the"
How come the word "the" is used in "Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients" but not in "Mix ingredients well"?
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Sometimes recipes use abbreviated forms, sometimes they don't.
- Sometimes recipes use abbreviated forms, sometimes they don't.
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Thank you. So would "Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients" and "Mix the ingredients well" be just as correct as the other forms with and without "the"? Is it true that once one of these forms is used, the writer should stick to that form, and avoid the other one?
Are there other cases in which using an abbreviated form would be correct? Are there cases where using this form would be con
Are there other cases in which using an abbreviated form would be correct? Are there cases where using this form would be con
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We don't judge a recipe by the consistency of its grammar, but by the result of its contents. 
In your added example, it would be
In your added example, it would be
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