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Tomasd Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Article for turbulent week
Hi.
My name is Tomas and I just discovered this forum. Can I post a question here that I have posted elsewhere but received perhaps an inconclusive answer? I don't want to push anybody there, although I may get more responses later.
Here is the question:
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I was reading a newspaper this morning and on the front page there was an article about the falls in the financial markets that took place this week globally. After 4-5 paragraphs, I read:
Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of a turbulent week after Chinese authorities…
I understood they used 'a turbulent week' because it's like saying 'Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of what turned out to be a turbulent week'.
Could the journalist have used 'the' instead?
Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of the turbulent week after…
It would have changed the emphasis but still be correct, right?
Thank you.
My name is Tomas and I just discovered this forum. Can I post a question here that I have posted elsewhere but received perhaps an inconclusive answer? I don't want to push anybody there, although I may get more responses later.
Here is the question:
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I was reading a newspaper this morning and on the front page there was an article about the falls in the financial markets that took place this week globally. After 4-5 paragraphs, I read:
Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of a turbulent week after Chinese authorities…
I understood they used 'a turbulent week' because it's like saying 'Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of what turned out to be a turbulent week'.
Could the journalist have used 'the' instead?
Chinese stocks managed to stabilise at the end of the turbulent week after…
It would have changed the emphasis but still be correct, right?
Thank you.
Top answer
If this is the first mention of the week then "a" is expected. If the week has already been mentioned or discussed then it would be "the".
- If this is the first mention of the week then "a" is expected.
- If the week has already been mentioned or discussed then it would be "the".
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If this is the first mention of the week then "a" is expected. If the week has already been mentioned or discussed then it would be "the".
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