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Vcolts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Article Q

Ex 1.

a. He attended one of schools in London.

b. He attended one of the schools in London.

Ex 2.

a. He had a dinner at one of restaurants in New York.

b.. He had a dinner at one of the restaurants in New York.

Q. Are all of the above grammatically acceptable, meaning you do NOT need the article "the" in front of schools/restaurants in the above cases?

Thanks in advance.
  

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you need the article "the" in both cases. Hope this helps!

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  • you need the article "the" in both cases.
  • Hope this helps!
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No...you need the article "the" in both cases. Hope this helps!
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why is that the case grammatically?
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because it is indicative and definite....if sentence 1 was in a general context it would be: "He went to schools in London." (meaning he went to different schools). "The" signals that the noun is definite, and that it refers to member of a group, in this case, you know which school.

Feel free to ask further questions if this doesn't clear it up!

Good luck!
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vcoltsAre all of the above grammatically acceptable
No. You have to use "the" in the pattern one of the [plural noun]. It's just as well to memorize "one of the" as a fixed word group.

one of the children
one of the reports
one of the cars
one of the streets
one of the boys

Or
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Article usage is so varied that there are no rules that cover every situation, and the different situations have to be learned by experience - a daunting task for an adult learner of English (native speakers know all of the situations by instinct, having grown up with the language). In examples 1 and 2, the definite article is required. The "rule" here is that the definite article is used when a
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