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Gilysse Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Are these correct?

1. The firefighters are putting out fire. (is "the" required?)
2. Please put the bottle in the bin. (can I use "into"?)

Thanks a lot.
  

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1a. Firefighters put out fire. (general statement) 1b.

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  • 1a.
  • Firefighters put out fire.
  • (general statement) 1b.
  • The firefighters are putting out a/the fire.
  • (occuring now) 2a.
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1a. Firefighters put out fire. (general statement)

1b. The firefighters are putting out a/the fire. (occuring now)

2a. Please put the bottle in the bin (colloquial)

2b Please put the bottle into the bin (better choice grammatically, as into denotes motion)

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