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Deepak chop Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Article question
Dear Teachers:
Here are two sentences:
i) I bought the shares for $600 and sold them for $1,000. I therefore pocketed $400.
ii) I bought the shares for $600 and sold them for $1,000, pocketing the $400.
Can someone explain where there is no definite article before the sum in (i) and a definite article before the sum in (i) (this comes from a text written by a native speaker)?
Could I include it in (i) and drop it in (ii)?
Here are two sentences:
i) I bought the shares for $600 and sold them for $1,000. I therefore pocketed $400.
ii) I bought the shares for $600 and sold them for $1,000, pocketing the $400.
Can someone explain where there is no definite article before the sum in (i) and a definite article before the sum in (i) (this comes from a text written by a native speaker)?
Could I include it in (i) and drop it in (ii)?
Top answer
deepak chop Can someone explain why there is no definite article before the sum in (i) and a definite article before the sum in (i) "the" is optional.
- deepak chop Can someone explain why there is no definite article before the sum in (i) and a definite article before the sum in (i) "the" is optional.
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deepak chopCan someone explain why there is no definite article before the sum in (i) and a definite article before the sum in (i)"the" is optional.
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AlpheccaStars"the" is optional.Optional in both? And thank you.
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