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Necrophagist Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Definite article or no article

A: "What did you send me the last time we chatted?"
B: "I sent you songs I had listened to when I was a child."
"I sent you the songs I had listened to when I was a child."


Is it okay to omit "the"? What's the difference in meaning between the two if it's correct? Thank you.

  

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" All of them. Clive

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A: "What did you send me the last time we chatted?"
B: "I sent you songs I had listened to when I was a child." Some, but not necessarily all of the.m
"I sent you the songs I had listened to when I was a child." All of them.

We usually just use Simple Past instead of Past Perfect if the sequence of events is clear, as it is here.Clive
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