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Eipjoo Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Do we have definite articles here?
[A] Dr. Bowring wants to understand how an estimated 96 percent of all species on Earth became extinct at the end of the Permian Period 252 million years ago. (nytimes.com)
At end of break, the bruise will be small and easily covered with makeup. (Clea & Zeus Divorce)
At first, I thought [A] is not proper in ‘at the end,’ for it has the article, when ‘at’ is “used to say exactly where something or someone is (Longman Dictionary)” So It isn’t to have the article, as in ‘at dawn’, or ‘as in ‘at end of break’. But this has no ground, for I read this one: ‘I was waiting at the bus stop’ in Longman. Could you show me whether the examples use the article right respec-tively?
At end of break, the bruise will be small and easily covered with makeup. (Clea & Zeus Divorce)
At first, I thought [A] is not proper in ‘at the end,’ for it has the article, when ‘at’ is “used to say exactly where something or someone is (Longman Dictionary)” So It isn’t to have the article, as in ‘at dawn’, or ‘as in ‘at end of break’. But this has no ground, for I read this one: ‘I was waiting at the bus stop’ in Longman. Could you show me whether the examples use the article right respec-tively?
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Hello Eipjoo. A is entirely correct, in my view. B is less easy.
- Hello Eipjoo.
- A is entirely correct, in my view.
- B is less easy.
- Break is a word for a recreation period at school, so it can be a little like a proper noun, and we'd say At the end of break .
- But a break can refer to a broken bone, which may be the case here, or may not - I find it impossible to say.
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Hello Eipjoo.
A is entirely correct, in my view.
B is less easy. Break is a word for a recreation period at school, so it can be a little like a proper noun, and we'd say At the end of break.
But a break can refer to a broken bone, which may be the case here, or may not - I find it impossible to say. If it's referring to the school recreation, then it's
A is entirely correct, in my view.
B is less easy. Break is a word for a recreation period at school, so it can be a little like a proper noun, and we'd say At the end of break.
But a break can refer to a broken bone, which may be the case here, or may not - I find it impossible to say. If it's referring to the school recreation, then it's
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