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Victork Posted 11 years ago
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Clients' vacations
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Lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect clients' vacations.
Lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect the client' vacations.
Is the first sentence correct without the definite article before "clients"? The argument against the correctness of the first sentence is that once these lost/stolen credits cards have been mentioned, it is obvious that reference is being made only to those clients who have had these credit cards lost/stolen, and the definite article is needed because we are saying "lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect the vacations of those clients who have lost these credit cards or had them stolen".
Our English teacher here says that both are correct and there is nothing wrong with the first one also.
What do you think? Are both okay?
Lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect clients' vacations.
Lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect the client' vacations.
Is the first sentence correct without the definite article before "clients"? The argument against the correctness of the first sentence is that once these lost/stolen credits cards have been mentioned, it is obvious that reference is being made only to those clients who have had these credit cards lost/stolen, and the definite article is needed because we are saying "lost/stolen credit cards negatively affect the vacations of those clients who have lost these credit cards or had them stolen".
Our English teacher here says that both are correct and there is nothing wrong with the first one also.
What do you think? Are both okay?
Top answer
The second sentence should have said: " the clients' vacations "
- The second sentence should have said: " the clients' vacations "
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Oh,...The second sentence should have said: "the clients' vacations"
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