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Articles before management/development
Would you keep or leave out the "the" in the parenthesis in each of the sentence below? I keep seeing the words "management" and "development" both with and without a definite article in contexts like these, so both versions might be acceptable. But I would like to know which sounds better and why. Or is it just a matter of taste?
1) Nearly 200 nurses serving at the ABC Hospita ended their three-day strike late Sunday after (the) hospital management agreed to partially fulfill their demands for more benefits.
2) On that day, I got a phone call saying that the GUI part of my code had some bugs and glitches. And all hell was breaking loose out there, as name collisions and ambiguities brought (the) development to its knees.
Eamer
1) Nearly 200 nurses serving at the ABC Hospita ended their three-day strike late Sunday after (the) hospital management agreed to partially fulfill their demands for more benefits.
2) On that day, I got a phone call saying that the GUI part of my code had some bugs and glitches. And all hell was breaking loose out there, as name collisions and ambiguities brought (the) development to its knees.
Eamer
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[nq:1]Would you keep or leave out the "the" in the parenthesis in each of the sentence below? I keep seeing ... [/nq] Both versions are acceptable.
- [nq:1]Would you keep or leave out the "the" in the parenthesis in each of the sentence below?
- I keep seeing ...
- [/nq] Both versions are acceptable.
- I think the the-less version is more common in contemporary American journalistic style.
- In other contexts, the the-less version might well be less appropriate.
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[nq:1]Would you keep or leave out the "the" in the parenthesis in each of the sentence below? I keep seeing ... Hospita ended their three-day strike late Sunday after (the) hospital management agreed to partially fulfill their demands for more benefits.[/nq]
Both versions are acceptable. I think the the-less version is more common in contemporary American journalistic style. In other contexts
Both versions are acceptable. I think the the-less version is more common in contemporary American journalistic style. In other contexts
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[nq:1]Would you keep or leave out the "the" in the parenthesis in each of the sentence below? I keep seeing ... acceptable. But I would like to know which sounds better and why. Or is it just a matter of taste?[/nq]
No, they mean different things.
[nq:1]1) Nearly 200 nurses serving at the ABC Hospita ended their three-day strike late Sunday after (the) hospital management agreed to partia
No, they mean different things.
[nq:1]1) Nearly 200 nurses serving at the ABC Hospita ended their three-day strike late Sunday after (the) hospital management agreed to partia
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[nq:2]1) Nearly 200 nurses serving at the ABC Hospita ended ... management agreed to partially fulfill their demands for more benefits.[/nq]
[nq:1]Both versions are acceptable. I think the the-less version is more common in contemporary American journalistic style. In other contexts, the the-less version might well be less appropriate.[/nq]
I have a slight preference for keeping 'the', be
[nq:1]Both versions are acceptable. I think the the-less version is more common in contemporary American journalistic style. In other contexts, the the-less version might well be less appropriate.[/nq]
I have a slight preference for keeping 'the', be
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