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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

articles plus "of+noun construction"

When to use articles in OF construction?
e.g.:
"The mysteries of people", "The Knife made of steel","?A? Beauty of river" (or of the river)?
  

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Anonymous When to use articles in OF construction? The choice of article is usually the same before or after "of" as it is in any other part of a sentence. As far as I know, there is no special rule for articles that depends on the presence of "of".

  • Anonymous When to use articles in OF construction?
  • The choice of article is usually the same before or after "of" as it is in any other part of a sentence.
  • As far as I know, there is no special rule for articles that depends on the presence of "of".
  • the mysteries of (the) people [the / a] knife made of steel the beauty of the river CJ
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AnonymousWhen to use articles in OF construction?
The choice of article is usually the same before or after "of" as it is in any other part of a sentence. As far as I know, there is no special rule for articles that depends on the presence of "of".

the mysteries of (the) people
[the / a] knife made of steel
the beauty of the river

CJ

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