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from feeding site to <strikethrough>a</strikethrough> feeding site
"As the troop moves from feeding site to feeding site, the core group settles into the best feeding spot (generally a good tree) and eats first."
from feeding site to feeding site
Why is it wrong to put "a" here?:
from feeding site to a feeding site
from feeding site to feeding site
Why is it wrong to put "a" here?:
from feeding site to a feeding site
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: from feeding site to a feeding site Let me explain how I think about this. Here, 'feeding site' is a a very general reference. So, the structure is 'from general reference to general reference'.
- : from feeding site to a feeding site Let me explain how I think about this.
- Here, 'feeding site' is a a very general reference.
- So, the structure is 'from general reference to general reference'.
- You can't just switch the second general reference to be less general.
- To put it another way, ' a feeding site' refers to one feeding site, but 'feeding site' refers to feeding sites in general.
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Hi,
"As the troop moves from feeding site to feeding site, the core group settles into the best feeding spot (generally a good tree) and eats first."
from feeding site to feeding site
Why is it wrong to put "a" here?:
from feeding site to a feeding site
Let me expla
"As the troop moves from feeding site to feeding site, the core group settles into the best feeding spot (generally a good tree) and eats first."
from feeding site to feeding site
Why is it wrong to put "a" here?:
from feeding site to a feeding site
Let me expla
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