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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Definite or General Term

"The animals from Africa are beautiful."
"Animals from Africa are beautiful."
Which of the two sentences is correct? I can really see the logic behind both arguments. This is probably why Spanish uses the definite article for both cases.
  

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" Which of the two sentences is correct? I can really see the logic behind both arguments. This is probably why Spanish uses the definite article for both cases.

— Clive

  • " Which of the two sentences is correct?
  • I can really see the logic behind both arguments.
  • This is probably why Spanish uses the definite article for both cases.
  • Both are correct.
  • B is a more general statement.
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Hi,
"The animals from Africa are beautiful."

"Animals from Africa are beautiful."

Which of the two sentences is correct? I can really see the logic behind both arguments. This is probably why Spanish uses the definite article for both cases.

Both are correct. B is a more general statement.

A is more specific.
eg 'In our local zoo, the animals from A
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animals from Africa is about all animals from the entire continent of Africa.

the animals from Africa is only about those animals from Africa that are the topic of discussion at the moment, maybe just two monkeys in a group of many monkeys from various places.

CJ
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Oh here I thought Spanish got something right but I guess not. I wonder how they remove the ambiguity bewtween the two statements seeing as they would be written the same.
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