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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

earth or the earth? - article "the"

Did we use the article "the" correctly in these sentences?

1 - The most serious problem for the earth is the contamination of water.

2- I think the life in the earth is threatened because of the contamination of the water.
  

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The use of "the" itself is correct. But I think you had better capitalize E in the "earth" if you use it to mean our planet. 1 - The most serious problem for the Earth is (the) contamination of water.

— Paco2004

  • The use of "the" itself is correct.
  • But I think you had better capitalize E in the "earth" if you use it to mean our planet.
  • 1 - The most serious problem for the Earth is (the) contamination of water.
  • 2- I think the life on the Earth is threatened by/from (the) contamination of water.
  • paco
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The use of "the" itself is correct. But I think you had better capitalize E in the "earth" if you use it to mean our planet.

1 - The most serious problem for the Earth is (the) contamination of water.
2- I think the life on the Earth is threatened by/from (the) contamination of water.

paco
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I believe that the second sentence ought to be - I think (that) life on earth is threatened because of the contamination of the water.

It sounds more correct, and ALD (Advanced Learner's Dictionary) has a sentence that says the same.

Jay
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X11It sounds more correct, and ALD (Advanced Learner's Dictionary) has a sentence that says the same.
Could you explain why your version sounds more correct and in what points my version is less correct?

paco
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