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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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Article-necessary situation

Hi,

Can you tell me whether the underlined part is being referred generally or being a general referant so that I tell determine whether or not the is necessary?

We need to choose a person who will handle the task of turning study idea posts into files that we can upload.

I think the people what are parties to this communication know what the underlined phrase means specifically but I am so sure whether a third party who happens to read will know exactly what that term entails. Is the phrase "study idea posts" a general-meaning phrase?
  

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Hi, Can you tell me whether the underlined part is being referred generally or being a general referant <<< obviously, there is some special meaning to these two terms, but they sound like the same thing to me so that I tell determine whether or not the is necessary? We need to choose a person who will handle the task of turning study idea posts into files that we can upload. I think the people what are parties to this communication know what the underlined phrase means specifically but I am so sure whether a third party who happens to read will know exactly what that term entails.

  • Hi, Can you tell me whether the underlined part is being referred generally or being a general referant <<< obviously, there is some special meaning to these two terms, but they sound like the same thing to me so that I tell determine whether or not the is necessary?
  • We need to choose a person who will handle the task of turning study idea posts into files that we can upload.
  • I think the people what are parties to this communication know what the underlined phrase means specifically but I am so sure whether a third party who happens to read will know exactly what that term entails.
  • Is the phrase "study idea posts" a general-meaning phrase?
  • Generally speaking, when you start making phrases like this by stringing nouns together, your meaning starts to become less precise, harder to see.
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Hi,

Can you tell me whether the underlined part is being referred generally or being a general referant <<< obviously, there is some special meaning to these two terms, but they sound like the same thing to me so that I tell determine whether or not the is necessary?

We need to choose a person who will
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Can you tell me whether ... general ...?
No. Only you can answer that. The answer is in your head when you utter or write the sentence.

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