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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

British involvement in Iraq has been questioned by the opposition.

Hello.

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

British involvement in Iraq has been questioned by the opposition.

Especially I am interested as to whether we should place 'the' at the beginning...
  

Top answer

Reegis whether we should place 'the' at the beginning No. "involvement" feels like an abstract noun in that sentence. Abstract nouns don't take "the".

— CalifJim

  • Reegis whether we should place 'the' at the beginning No.
  • "involvement" feels like an abstract noun in that sentence.
  • Abstract nouns don't take "the".
  • Unfortunately, I don't have a better explanation than that.
  • CJ
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Reegiswhether we should place 'the' at the beginning
No. "involvement" feels like an abstract noun in that sentence. Abstract nouns don't take "the".

Unfortunately, I don't have a better explanation than that.

CJ
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