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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Grammatically correct?

1. For him, the climbing down a tree quite differed from climbing up.
2. For him, the climbing down a tree quite differed from the climbing up.
Which is grammatically correct?
  

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Anonymous Which is grammatically correct? This: For him, climbing down a tree was quite different from climbing up.

  • Anonymous Which is grammatically correct?
  • This: For him, climbing down a tree was quite different from climbing up.
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AnonymousWhich is grammatically correct?
This:

For him, climbing down a tree was quite different from climbing up.
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Thanks, sir.
And I'd like to know whether I can use an article 'the' before the phrases 'climbing down the tree' and 'climbing up'.
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No.
The is used before a gerund in only the unusual cases of a named ceremony or event.

The Lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Mall in Washington was well attended last year.

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