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an arrival of some expected visitors
0 A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 02 br
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00 B: Before dinner, there was an arrival of some expected visitors, coming to stay for a time in the house. 02 br
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00 I think in sentence A "the arrival of the train" is transformed from the structure that "the train arrived" to make it more concise. 02 br
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00 But I'm not sure about B. 02 br
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00 Does B have the same kind of structure as A? 02 br
00 If it does have such a structure, "the" must be used, I think. 02 br
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00 Or is "an arrival" in B not an Abstract Noun but a Common Noun? 0-
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00 B: Before dinner, there was an arrival of some expected visitors, coming to stay for a time in the house. 02 br
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00 I think in sentence A "the arrival of the train" is transformed from the structure that "the train arrived" to make it more concise. 02 br
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00 But I'm not sure about B. 02 br
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00 Does B have the same kind of structure as A? 02 br
00 If it does have such a structure, "the" must be used, I think. 02 br
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00 Or is "an arrival" in B not an Abstract Noun but a Common Noun? 0-
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0 >arrival of some expected visitors 02 br 00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01 b 00 un 02 b 00 expected, if that were the case. 0-
- 0 >arrival of some expected visitors 02 br 00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01 b 00 un 02 b 00 expected, if that were the case.
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0 >arrival of some expected visitors 02 br
00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01 b 00 un 02 b 00 expected, if that were the case. 0-
00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01 b 00 un 02 b 00 expected, if that were the case. 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Here are a few comments. 02 br
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01 font 00 A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 00 Repetition (arrived . . . arrival) is not good style 00 . 02 font 02 br
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00 Here are a few comments. 02 br
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01 font 00 A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 00 Repetition (arrived . . . arrival) is not good style 00 . 02 font 02 br
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0 B: Before dinner, there was an arrival of some expected visitors, coming to stay for a time in the house. 02 br
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00 This is ok, although it's not really everyday English. More commonly, it would be "Before dinner, some expected visitors arrived,....... ", or "Some expected visitors arrived before dinner....." 0-
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00 This is ok, although it's not really everyday English. More commonly, it would be "Before dinner, some expected visitors arrived,....... ", or "Some expected visitors arrived before dinner....." 0-
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10 Here are a few comments. 12 br
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11 font 10 A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 10 Repetition (arrived . . . arrival) is not good style 10 . 12 font 12 br
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