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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Aritcle Usage

___Mount Rushmore is the site of ____magnificent tribute to__ four great American presidents..

i think the answer is x,x,the.
bt i found the answer is x ,a,x ..
  

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_(no article before names, unless it is part of the name) _Mount Rushmore is the site of __(indefinite article, there is one tribute here, but there may be other tributes in other places)__magnificent tribute to (no article because the number - 4 - is a determiner. Use only one determiner in a noun phrase)_ four great American presidents..

  • _(no article before names, unless it is part of the name) _Mount Rushmore is the site of __(indefinite article, there is one tribute here, but there may be other tributes in other places)__magnificent tribute to (no article because the number - 4 - is a determiner.
  • Use only one determiner in a noun phrase)_ four great American presidents..
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_(no article before names, unless it is part of the name) _Mount Rushmore is the site of __(indefinite article, there is one tribute here, but there may be other tributes in other places)__magnificent tribute to(no article because the number - 4 - is a determiner. Use only one determiner in a noun phrase)_ four great American presidents..
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so the answer is x a and x
bt about the last one ...we know the four president..it's definite .so cant we use the for the last one ...
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i gave some chocolates to the four boys? is the sentence correct?

if correct then there is four before the
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Hello Saad,
Please remember that capital letters are an important part of proper English.

If you have already said which four presidents you mean, or which four boys you mean, then you should use "the."

There are four boys and four girls I always sit with at lunch. The other day, I gave some chocolates to the four boys. -- Here we know that you mean "the four boys I set with
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Yes, it is, but you have to be referring to four particular boys that were mentioned earlier.
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Saad Sikder___Mount Rushmore
Does it make sense to ask, "Which Mount Rushmore from among all of the Mount Rushmores?"
No, because there is only one. Therefore, you can't have "the".

Does it make sense to ask, "Is this an example of a Mount Rushmore?"
No. This is Mount Rushmore itself, not an example of it. You can't have an example o
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Moon, earth, mars should i use the before all of them?
I think before earth we use the..not before moon and mars..is it correct?
can u explain this rule..
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With 'sun', 'moon', and 'earth', use 'the', but not with the others: Mars, Venus, Jupiter, etc.

CJ

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