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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
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Additional troops were deployed to prevent [the] looting of [the] shops damaged in the flood.
Hello.
Could you please say if you would add 'the' to the sentence below?
Additional troops were deployed to prevent [the] looting of [the] shops damaged in the flood.
In brackets, I suggested two places where I think it might be needed.
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-ing of ... I agree in this case. the looting of the shops damaged ...
- -ing of ...
- I agree in this case.
- the looting of the shops damaged ...
- CJ
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Some style mavens say you should always use "the" before ...-ing of .... I agree in this case. ... the looting of the shops damaged ...
CJ
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