Farassoo This line is from a movie and I want to know why there is no "the" before "tea bags" Plural nouns frequently omit the article when their specificity is evident from the context.
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FarassooThis line is from a movie and I want to know why there is no "the" before "tea bags"Plural nouns frequently omit the article when their specificity is evident from the context.
FarassooIs this correct too?attaching strings to tea bags?Yes, that would be fine—better, actually, since your sentence does not reveal what kind of factory it is until 'tea bags' are mentioned. In fact, because of that and with no further context, 'the' would certainly be wrong for 'teabags'! I missed that fact in my earlier remark.
FarassooSo if I want to describe a person's job I can say : "Mary's father attaches strings to tea bags in a factory" ? I mean without "the"?Yes, that would be very natural.