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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Crab

I like to eat a crab.
  

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I like to eat crab. It is a general statement not talking about 1 particular crab so you don't use a.

— Dave Phillips

  • I like to eat crab.
  • It is a general statement not talking about 1 particular crab so you don't use a.
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I like to eat crab. It is a general statement not talking about 1 particular crab so you don't use a.
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Can I ask you a question? When do we use " the " before nouns?
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KMagicCan I ask you a question? When do we use " the " before nouns?
This question has been answered many times on the site so I suggest you search for articles and read the posts as I'm not going to fully explain it all again.

In short, the is a definate article so there is only one of the noun or the listener/reader knows which noun you are talking
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