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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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1. Please tell me if the ariticles are modifying all of them or just a part of them?
Then pair up with someone from the opposite sex and different culture if possible. -- is "the" modifying "sex" and "culture"? I think we can have "different" with an uncountable noun.
It is used about a liquid, gas, or light. -- Of three, I have a problem with the word 'light'. Is 'a' modifying 'light' too?
2. Which is better?
There is/I have a pencil
There is/I have one pencil.
3. Which is better?
There is/I have a red and a blue pen.
There is/I have a red and a blue pens.
1. Please tell me if the ariticles are modifying all of them or just a part of them?
Then pair up with someone from the opposite sex and different culture if possible. -- is "the" modifying "sex" and "culture"? I think we can have "different" with an uncountable noun.
It is used about a liquid, gas, or light. -- Of three, I have a problem with the word 'light'. Is 'a' modifying 'light' too?
2. Which is better?
There is/I have a pencil
There is/I have one pencil.
3. Which is better?
There is/I have a red and a blue pen.
There is/I have a red and a blue pens.
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Then pair up with someone from the opposite *** and different culture if possible. -- 'The' modifies *** only . It should read 'and a different culture'.
- Then pair up with someone from the opposite *** and different culture if possible.
- -- 'The' modifies *** only .
- It should read 'and a different culture'.
- It is used about a liquid, gas, or light .
- -- 'A' may or may not modify light, depending on whether it is countable in context.
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1.Then pair up with someone from the opposite *** and different culture if possible. --'The' modifies *** only. It should read 'and a different culture'.
It is used about a liquid, gas, or light. -- 'A' may or may not modify light, depending on whether it is countable in context. If light is uncountable, then the sentence should be recast.
1.Then pair up with someone from the opposite *** and different culture if possible. --'The' modifies *** only. It should read 'and a different culture'.
It is used about a liquid, gas, or light. -- 'A' may or may not modify light, depending on whether it is countable in context. If light is uncountable, then the sentence should be recast.
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