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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Definite article or no definite article
Hi. If you want to say something about a certain book in the Bible like below, how should you word it - should it be with the definite or the indefinite article before the word "book"?
This book in the Bible is a (or "the"?) book of victory.
Also, when you have a sentence like "Now the earth shook," does that mean "the world we live in" or "the planet we are in" shook? I think the phrase "the earth" is used to denote the planet we live in. Also, I am certain that we can use the uncountable noun "earth" (which I think means the world we live in and used without the definite article "the") with a definite article if we want to make it definite like "Please bring me the water" (with the uncountable noun "water"). Thank you for your help in advance.
This book in the Bible is a (or "the"?) book of victory.
Also, when you have a sentence like "Now the earth shook," does that mean "the world we live in" or "the planet we are in" shook? I think the phrase "the earth" is used to denote the planet we live in. Also, I am certain that we can use the uncountable noun "earth" (which I think means the world we live in and used without the definite article "the") with a definite article if we want to make it definite like "Please bring me the water" (with the uncountable noun "water"). Thank you for your help in advance.
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If you want to say something about a certain book in the Bible like below, how should you word it - should it be with the definite or the indefinite article before the word "book"? ) book of victory. a book of victory suggests there may be more than one book of victory.
- If you want to say something about a certain book in the Bible like below, how should you word it - should it be with the definite or the indefinite article before the word "book"?
- ) book of victory.
- a book of victory suggests there may be more than one book of victory.
- the book of victory suggests there is only one book of victory.
- Books in the Bible are commonly referred to by proper nouns (names), eg The Book of Genesis.
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If you want to say something about a certain book in the Bible like below, how should you word it - should it be with the definite or the indefinite article before the word "book"?
This book in the Bible is a (or "the"?) book of victory.
a book of victory suggests there may be more than one book of victory.
This book in the Bible is a (or "the"?) book of victory.
a book of victory suggests there may be more than one book of victory.
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Anonymouswhen you have a sentence like "Now the earth shook," does that mean "the world we live in" or "the planet we are in" shook?If it's biblical, I'd take it to mean that the ground under the feet of the writer shook (as when there is an earthquake). I doubt the writers of those time thought of the earth as a planet.
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