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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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I know the tree way to express the general property of something. That is,
1)The ulna is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
2)An ulna is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
3)Ulnae are a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
1)using a definite article 2)using a indefinite article 3)using a combination of indefinite and plural
Are there any differences of nuance between the tree?
1)The ulna is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
2)An ulna is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
3)Ulnae are a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.
1)using a definite article 2)using a indefinite article 3)using a combination of indefinite and plural
Are there any differences of nuance between the tree?
Top answer
(1) -The definite article is the only way I've ever heard it expressed in my life. (2) is grammatically correct, but never used, to the best of my knowledge. (3) "Ulnae are long bones " would be grammatical, but I've never heard it.
- (1) -The definite article is the only way I've ever heard it expressed in my life.
- (2) is grammatically correct, but never used, to the best of my knowledge.
- (3) "Ulnae are long bones " would be grammatical, but I've never heard it.
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(1) -The definite article is the only way I've ever heard it expressed in my life.
(2) is grammatically correct, but never used, to the best of my knowledge.
(3) "Ulnae are long bones" would be grammatical, but I've never heard it.
If "ulna" were the name of a general class of bones, we could skip the article, but as far as I know, it's a specific bone, of
(2) is grammatically correct, but never used, to the best of my knowledge.
(3) "Ulnae are long bones" would be grammatical, but I've never heard it.
If "ulna" were the name of a general class of bones, we could skip the article, but as far as I know, it's a specific bone, of
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