Grammar query.
La Niña – “the girl” in Spanish – is a weather phenomenon that leads to a cooling of seawater in central and east-central equatorial Pacific.
Hi. May I know as to whether or not I can change "a cooling of seawater" to "the cooling of seawater"?
Is it solely depend on the writer's percepts to determine whether "a" or "the" should be used? If I think the subject is specific, then "the" should be used and vice versa.
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teal desk 749 May I know as to whether or not I can change "a cooling of seawater" to "the cooling of seawater"? Yes, that is ok. "a" implies that it is recurrent, happens over and over.
- teal desk 749 May I know as to whether or not I can change "a cooling of seawater" to "the cooling of seawater"?
- Yes, that is ok.
- "a" implies that it is recurrent, happens over and over.
- It is parallel with " a phenomenon" "the" implies a specific observation after each of these phenomena.
- The parallel structure is probably better.
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teal desk 749May I know as to whether or not I can change "a cooling of seawater" to "the cooling of seawater"?
Yes, that is ok.
"a" implies that it is recurrent, happens over and over. It is parallel with "a phenomenon"
"the" implies a specific observation after each of these phenomena.
The parallel structure is probably bet
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