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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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an arrival of some expected visitors

0A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 02br
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00B: Before dinner, there was an arrival of some expected visitors, coming to stay for a time in the house.02br
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00I think in sentence A "the arrival of the train" is transformed from the structure that "the train arrived" to make it more concise. 02br
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00But I'm not sure about B.02br
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00Does B have the same kind of structure as A?02br
00If it does have such a structure, "the" must be used, I think.02br
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00Or is "an arrival" in B not an Abstract Noun but a Common Noun?0-
  

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0>arrival of some expected visitors02br 00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01b 00un02b 00expected, if that were the case. 0-

  • 0>arrival of some expected visitors02br 00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01b 00un02b 00expected, if that were the case.
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0>arrival of some expected visitors02br
00 A bit strange, I'd only mention that they were 01b00un02b00expected, if that were the case. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Here are a few comments.02br
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01font00A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 00Repetition (arrived . . . arrival) is not good style00. 02font02br
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0B: Before dinner, there was an arrival of some expected visitors, coming to stay for a time in the house.02br
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00This 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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10Here are a few comments.12br
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11font10A: We arrived in time for the arrival of the train. 10Repetition (arrived . . . arrival) is not good style10. 12font12br
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