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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Help me with the problem of "the"

Would you add "the" in front of public transportaion in the following sentence?

When you are on the public transportaion, you may see so many people using their smart phones.
  

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teacherJapan Would you add "the" in front of public transportaion in the following sentence? No, I wouldn't. When you are using the public transportation , you may see (notice) so many people using their smart phones.

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  • teacherJapan Would you add "the" in front of public transportaion in the following sentence?
  • No, I wouldn't.
  • When you are using the public transportation , you may see (notice) so many people using their smart phones.
  • The public transportation system in Japan is very modern.
  • Many cities in the US do not have good public transportation.
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teacherJapanWould you add "the" in front of public transportaion in the following sentence?
No, I wouldn't.
When you are using the public transportation, you may see (notice) so many people using their smart phones.

The public transportation system in Japan is very modern.
Many cities in the US do not
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I see. Thank you very much for that. Oh, I wanted to ask you why you just scratched "so?" Grammatically wrong?
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teacherJapanwhy you just scratched "so?"
Usually we mentally expect a "that-clause" to follow "so".

There were so many people using their smart phones that we could not carry on a conversation.

"So" is also used in sayings:
So little time, so much to do.
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OH, I got it. Thank you very much for a clear explanation!
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