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Future332 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Falling off
I've encountered the following sentence and wonder why there is no "the" before trees. Would you please explain it to me? The snow is falling off the branches of trees in the forest. Thanks in advance.
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, bushes. Otherwise it sounds odd without 'the' when uncountable 'snow' bears the article.
- , bushes.
- Otherwise it sounds odd without 'the' when uncountable 'snow' bears the article.
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The only rationale I can think of is that the writer is contrasting trees with, e.g., bushes. Otherwise it sounds odd without 'the' when uncountable 'snow' bears the article.
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