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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
a slew of things
Hi,
I have been noticing a lot of cases where words, like "slew", "host" and "team", that require "a" in front and plural nouns next. Can you give me some more examples - more the better.
Ex.
a team of members
a host of things.
a slew of things
I have been noticing a lot of cases where words, like "slew", "host" and "team", that require "a" in front and plural nouns next. Can you give me some more examples - more the better.
Ex.
a team of members
a host of things.
a slew of things
Top answer
I think it is not so much required as possible . You can use either a (an) or the before such nouns. Look, here is a good explanation: (by Nona the Brit).
- I think it is not so much required as possible .
- You can use either a (an) or the before such nouns.
- Look, here is a good explanation: (by Nona the Brit).
- Hope it helps.
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I think it is not so much required as possible. You can use either a (an) or the before such nouns.
Look, here is a good explanation: (by Nona the Brit).
Hope it helps.
Look, here is a good explanation: (by Nona the Brit).
Hope it helps.
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0 Thank you, then what dictates the use of "the" or "a"? 02 br
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01 i 00 a team of teenagers vs. the team of teenagers 02 i 0-
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01 i 00 a slew of things vs. the slew of things 02 i 02 br
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0 It depends on the context and is dictated by common rules of the usage of articles. For example, imagine that I am telling you a story: 01 i 00 "I saw a team of teenagers yesterday. The team of teenagers was about 10 persons". 02 i 00 In the first sentence I was talking about the team which you didn't know, and that's why I used "a". In the second sentence I used "the" because
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