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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Correct use of article in following similes
Hi. Please check if the articles are placed correctly in the following three example sentences. I think there should be the definite article "the" before the word "fire" in example sentence 3 since the post modification, which is in bold letters, makes the fire specific and not one of a possible number of fires or the types of fire, and putting the indefinite article "a" before the word "fire" would be incorrect. Thank you in advance for your help.
1. It is like a fire.
2. It is like a fire that has been continually fed with dry twigs.
3. It is like the fire that has been fueled by the anger that has been simmering for the last two months.
1. It is like a fire.
2. It is like a fire that has been continually fed with dry twigs.
3. It is like the fire that has been fueled by the anger that has been simmering for the last two months.
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There is no reason why your examples, standing as they are out of context, should not all take the indefinite article: 1. It is like a fire. 2.
- There is no reason why your examples, standing as they are out of context, should not all take the indefinite article: 1.
- It is like a fire.
- 2.
- It is like a fire that has been continually fed with dry twigs.
- 3.
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There is no reason why your examples, standing as they are out of context, should not all take the indefinite article:
1. It is like a fire.
2. It is like a fire that has been continually fed with dry twigs.
3. It is like a fire that has been fueled by anger that has been simmering for the last two months.
1. It is like a fire.
2. It is like a fire that has been continually fed with dry twigs.
3. It is like a fire that has been fueled by anger that has been simmering for the last two months.
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Hi, thank you again. As for no. 3, Iet me make some major changes and let's also say there is an impulsive young man, who has been seething in anger for some time and one day in a fit of anger, he has an outburst. And a person privy to that scene comments, "What I witnessed was the emotional fire that had been fueled by his anger that had been simmering for quite some time."
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AnonymousIs his comment correct grammatically?Yes, but 'the' is still unnecessary.
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