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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
all (the) ___
Hi,
1. An announcement at the school: "all the students are welcome to attend".
2. All the students are required to behave at school.
3. "He came over and ate all the vegetables."
The "all the" means "all those students/vegetables" that are particular to the context (students at the school/vegetables at home"). A defined group.
What about:
1. All students are welcome to attend.
2. All students are required to behave at school.
3. He came over and ate all vegetables.
Can I drop the definite article and keep the same meaning? I think the context still makes it clear that it's not ALL students in the world or ALL vegetables in the world, but those defined groups.
1. An announcement at the school: "all the students are welcome to attend".
2. All the students are required to behave at school.
3. "He came over and ate all the vegetables."
The "all the" means "all those students/vegetables" that are particular to the context (students at the school/vegetables at home"). A defined group.
What about:
1. All students are welcome to attend.
2. All students are required to behave at school.
3. He came over and ate all vegetables.
Can I drop the definite article and keep the same meaning? I think the context still makes it clear that it's not ALL students in the world or ALL vegetables in the world, but those defined groups.
Top answer
What about: 1. All students are welcome to attend. OK.
- What about: 1.
- All students are welcome to attend.
- OK.
- It's posted in a school, so the students affected are clearly defined.
- 2.
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What about:
1. All students are welcome to attend. OK. It's posted in a school, so the students affected are clearly defined.
2. All students are required to behave at school. OK.
3. He came over and ate all vegetables. No. The is required.
You might say this:
He came over and ate all vegetables and no meat. (It means that he was a vegetaria
1. All students are welcome to attend. OK. It's posted in a school, so the students affected are clearly defined.
2. All students are required to behave at school. OK.
3. He came over and ate all vegetables. No. The is required.
You might say this:
He came over and ate all vegetables and no meat. (It means that he was a vegetaria
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