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Martina Maki Hachová Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Generic or non - generic reference

Coud you help me? I have a sentence "No thief can steal the Knowledge."

Is the reference of "Thief" generic or non - generic?

  

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" It is not good English: No thief can steal knowledge. No thief can steal the knowledge of our people. It means that no one has the ability to steal what we know.

— AlpheccaStars

  • " It is not good English: No thief can steal knowledge.
  • No thief can steal the knowledge of our people.
  • It means that no one has the ability to steal what we know.
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Martina Maki Hachová"No thief can steal the Knowledge."

It is not good English:

No thief can steal knowledge.
No thief can steal the knowledge of our people.

It means that no one has the ability to steal what we know.

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