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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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flooding continues

0As floodwater is rising and filling homes, residents are moving their furniture, electrical appliances and other belongings to higher places such as the attic, roof, and high ground. The flooding has affected 55 counties but fortunately no major injuries were reported except a death when a car was washed into floodwaters. Rescue teams have been deployed to help residents evacuate affected areas. The governer has declared the state to be under emergency but remains optimistic that the disaster will be over soon. The federal government is expected to provide financial relief to homeowners who have lost their homes that do not have flood insurance. Everyone across the nation is praying for the victims and hopes for the best. 02br
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0As floodwater is rising and filling homes, residents are moving their furniture, electrical appliances01font 01b 00,02b 02font 00 and other belongings to higher places such as the attic, roof, and high ground. The flooding has affected 55 counties01font 01b 00,02b 02font 00 but fortunately no major injuries were reported except a death when a car was washed into floodwaters. Rescue teams have been deployed to help residents evacuate affected areas.

— CalifJim

  • 0As floodwater is rising and filling homes, residents are moving their furniture, electrical appliances01font 01b 00,02b 02font 00 and other belongings to higher places such as the attic, roof, and high ground.
  • The flooding has affected 55 counties01font 01b 00,02b 02font 00 but fortunately no major injuries were reported except a death when a car was washed into floodwaters.
  • Rescue teams have been deployed to help residents evacuate affected areas.
  • The 01font 01del 00governer02del 00 governor02font 00 has declared the state to be under emergency but remains optimistic that the disaster will be over soon.
  • The federal government is expected to provide financial relief to homeowners 01font 00without flood insurance02font 00* who have lost their homes 01font 01del 00that do not have flood insurance02del 02font 00.
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0As floodwater is rising and filling homes, residents are moving their furniture, electrical appliances01font01b00,02b02font00 and other belongings to higher places such as the attic, roof, and high ground. The flooding has affected 55 counties01font01b00,02b02font00 but fortun
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0 I wonder if I can add a "the" before homeowners as follows:02br
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00(the) homeowners 01font00without flood insurance02font00* who have lost their homes 02br
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00 Rescue teams have been deployed to help residents evacuate (the) affected areas02br
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0You can add both 01i00the02i00's, but to remain within the journalistic style you've established in this passage it would be perfectly appropriate to omit them.02br
00CJ 0-
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0To this day, I still don't know when to add/obmit the definite article...I certainly have no idea what makes up a journalistic style. I'm under a lot of stress ...Arggghh...OK... I feel much better after getting it out of my chest. 0-
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0 add/01b00omit02b00 -- getting it 01b00off02b00 my chest02br
00If it's any consolation to you, your English is improving by leaps and bounds. You are beginning to write almost like a native speaker. [Y]02br
00CJ 0-
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0 Thank you, CJ. I appreciate the compliment but there's still a long way to go. 0-
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0Hi New2grammar02br
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00I agree with CJ. Your English has really improved a lot. 02br
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00Best wishes.0-
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1i00If this helps you at all, I would say you can leave out the article when you are talking about things in general but use article in specific situation.02i02br
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01i00Guns don’t kill people, people do. Notice there are no articles used because it’s a general statement.02i02br
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