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TinaMr Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

An idiom

In the expression "the lesser of the two evils", is the article "the", before "two evils" grammatically needed or it's a part of the idiom. I guess it's more the latter, as I don't see the reason to put that article there.
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The phrase is usually expressed as: the lesser of two evils.

— Philip

  • The phrase is usually expressed as: the lesser of two evils.
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The phrase is usually expressed as: the lesser of two evils.
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Philip, thank you very much! So, it was a misprint, a mistake!
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