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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Article use before plural noun
Hi. Can you please confirm what I am saying in reference to the examples?
1. These people are the members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are all the members of the Lee family and there are no others (if I am correct but I am not sure, though).
2. These people are members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are some members of the Lee family but not necessarily all of them.
But this way of looking at the need to place the article doesn't seem to apply to this pair.
These are cards/the cards of appreciation for all the help you rendered over the past year. -- To me, the version with the definite article and the one without don't show any practical difference (if I am not wrong).
So I think you have to look at sentences individually (case by case) to discern whether or not a definite article is needed to be correct.
1. These people are the members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are all the members of the Lee family and there are no others (if I am correct but I am not sure, though).
2. These people are members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are some members of the Lee family but not necessarily all of them.
But this way of looking at the need to place the article doesn't seem to apply to this pair.
These are cards/the cards of appreciation for all the help you rendered over the past year. -- To me, the version with the definite article and the one without don't show any practical difference (if I am not wrong).
So I think you have to look at sentences individually (case by case) to discern whether or not a definite article is needed to be correct.
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1. These people are the members of the Lee family. -- All the members OR the members that were previously mentioned.
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- These people are the members of the Lee family.
- -- All the members OR the members that were previously mentioned.
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- These people are members of the Lee family.
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1. These people are the members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are all the members of the Lee family and there are no others (if I am correct but I am not sure, though).-- All the members OR the members that were previously mentioned.
2. These people are members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are some members of the Lee family but n
2. These people are members of the Lee family. -- This seems to say those people are some members of the Lee family but n
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