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KeunChulLee1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A/The

Both science and environmentalism have their place in modern society, and a distinction should be maintained.


I'd like to see why it is 'a' not 'the' ...The distinction (between science and environmentalism) should me maintained.

  

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KeunChulLee1 I'd like to see why it is 'a' not 'the' You would use "the" if a distiction had already been mentioned, but that is not the case here. " if you use "the". By the way, I don't see what distinction they mean.

  • KeunChulLee1 I'd like to see why it is 'a' not 'the' You would use "the" if a distiction had already been mentioned, but that is not the case here.
  • " if you use "the".
  • By the way, I don't see what distinction they mean.
  • Shouldn't environmentalism be based on science?
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KeunChulLee1I'd like to see why it is 'a' not 'the'

You would use "the" if a distiction had already been mentioned, but that is not the case here. The reader thinks "what distinction?" if you use "the". By the way, I don't see what distinction they mean. Shouldn't environmentalism be based on science?

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