Fire fighters are trying to neutralize dangerous chemicals.
Hello.
If you came across this sentence (out of context):
1a) Fire fighters are trying to neutralize dangerous chemicals.
How would you interpret it when it comes to the articles? Would it be like below? By the way, is it grammatically correct with no articles?
1b) Some fire fighters are trying to neutralize some dangerous chemicals.
If it was like this:
2) Fire fighters neutralize dangerous chemicals.
Then I would be pretty sure that the author didn't mean 'some', rather he meant this as a general statement (describing what is their job).
Top answer
1. It is correct without articles. Most probably it implies "some" firefighters and chemicals.
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- It is correct without articles.
- Most probably it implies "some" firefighters and chemicals.
- It may not always seem natural to literally include the word "some", though.
- There may be an interpration in which it is talking generally, but it seems unlikely.
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1. It is correct without articles. Most probably it implies "some" firefighters and chemicals. It may not always seem natural to literally include the word "some", though. There may be an interpration in which it is talking generally, but it seems unlikely.
2. In running text it would be a general statement. As a headline, caption or similar it would refer to "some" firefighters and chem
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