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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Article needed?
"Soldiers deployed more than 20 tanks in order to ensure [the] retreat of the enemies."
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Yes, the article is required. I don't know where you acquired this sentences, but it sounds like it could have been in a newspaper or magazine or maybe online. It is common to omit articles and some other function words when writing titles or some sentences for the press.
- Yes, the article is required.
- I don't know where you acquired this sentences, but it sounds like it could have been in a newspaper or magazine or maybe online.
- It is common to omit articles and some other function words when writing titles or some sentences for the press.
- We used to call it "telegraphing" because people would try to write telegrams with as few words as possible because they had to pay by the word.
- They would leave out words that would normally be required, but wouldn't be missed meaning-wise if omitted.
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Yes, the article is required. I don't know where you acquired this sentences, but it sounds like it could have been in a newspaper or magazine or maybe online. It is common to omit articles and some other function words when writing titles or some sentences for the press. We used to call it "telegraphing" because people would try to write telegrams with as few words as possible because they had to
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I came up with it myself. Anyway the sentence is correct though right?
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No, it is not. It is only correct in the context of occurring in a newspaper or other medium which would try to omit words.
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The sentence is confusing. Should it not be an army that deploys tanks and soldiers, not soldiers doing it?
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AnonymousThe sentence is confusing. Should it not be an army that deploys tanks and soldiers, not soldiers doing it?I suppose the higher ranking soldiers deployed tanks on the basis of orders they received from even higher ranking soldiers, and the lowest ranking soldiers actually manned the tanks. In the final analysis it's all soldiers, isn't it?
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We usually refer to a group of enemy soldiers as 'the enemy', not 'the enemies'.
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CalifJimI suppose the higher ranking soldiers deployed tanks on the basis of orders they received from even higher ranking soldiers, and the lowest ranking soldiers actually manned the tanks. In the final analysis it's all soldiers, isn't it?CJTechnically. The sentence has not been written well because, soldiers are normally deployed with their arms, in this
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