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Hilda9 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Definite article with abstract nouns
Is it acceptable to use the definite article in the following sentence? „“She cannot ignore the poverty on the outskirts of the big cities.“ I‘d have said something like „the degree of poverty“, but I‘d like to know whether the Version above is definetely wrong.
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Hilda9 Is it acceptable to use the definite article in the following sentence? Yes, it is. Hilda9 I‘d have said something like "the degree of poverty" That would have been okay too.
- Hilda9 Is it acceptable to use the definite article in the following sentence?
- Yes, it is.
- Hilda9 I‘d have said something like "the degree of poverty" That would have been okay too.
- Hilda9 but I‘d like to know whether the v ersion above is defi ni tely wrong.
- No, it's not at all wrong.
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Hilda9Is it acceptable to use the definite article in the following sentence?
Yes, it is.
Hilda9 I‘d have said something like "the degree of poverty"
That would have been okay too.
Hilda9 but I‘d like to know whether the version above is defi
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