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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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00According to my Collins/Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary, one of many definitions and one example sentence for the word 'movement' are these:02br
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00N-VAR Movement involves changing position or going one place to another. 01i00They actually monitor the movement of the fish going up river ...02i02br
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001. Is 'changing position' an idiomatic expression and that is why 'position' does not accompany 'a'? 02br
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002. Shouldn't 'going up river' should be 'going up the river'?0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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00It's just a matter of using these nouns in a general kind of way.02br
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00That's usually the answer to your questions about why articles are missing, I think.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive 010id1
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0Thank you, Clive.02br
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00Would you make the same or similar observation for the sentence below? (I have underlined the portion that I want to bring your attention to.) My understanding is that if you are writing a shopping list. an instruction note, or writing a minute of some meeting, you would write without paying much attention to article rules.02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Would you make the same or similar observation for the sentence below? (I have underlined the portion that I want to bring your attention to.) 02font02br
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01i01font00It does not mean that at the moment of speaking she
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