A total impression of
From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Blade Runner. John Isidore is a hovertruck driver for a company that repairs electric animals. In the novel, owning a live animal is a status symbol, and those who can't afford a real animal have to secretly buy an electric one. John is carrying an electric cat, and he decides to land somewhere to recharge it.
He dropped the truck toward the nearest available roof and there, temporarily parked with the motor running, crawled into the back of the truck and opened the plastic dust-proof carrying cage, which, in conjunction with his own white suit and the name on the truck, created a total impression of a true animal vet picking up a true animal.
- Could I say "the total impression," and what would it mean?
- Which article would I have to use if I removed the adjective, "total"?
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Lerethel Could I say "the total impression," and what would it mean? Yes. In fact, that's what I expected.
- Lerethel Could I say "the total impression," and what would it mean?
- Yes.
- In fact, that's what I expected.
- The meaning would not change.
- Lerethel Which article would I have to use if I removed the adjective, "total"?
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LerethelCould I say "the total impression," and what would it mean?
Yes. In fact, that's what I expected. The meaning would not change.
LerethelWhich article would I have to use if I removed the adjective, "total"?
an or the, just as without the adjective. Again, I would expect 'the', but 'a/an' is
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