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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Good And Bad

"There is good and bad in every action."
"There is the good and bad in every action."

"One should take good with bad."
"One should take the good with bad."

I am confused about the mandatoriness of "the".
  

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Many uses of articles is idiomatic and can't really be captured in a set of rules. "

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Many uses of articles is idiomatic and can't really be captured in a set of rules.

These are correct, the others are not:

"There is good and bad in every action."

"One should take the good with the bad."

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