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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Help with two sentential situations
Hi. Please help me with these two questions.
1. Could we use the pronoun "it" in a wise saying to indicate something generally? As for the following, to indicate some personal problem or the solution to a personal problem? Or should we be specific?
If you can't figure it out, try to look at it from a different perspective, and then perhaps...
2. When we write the definition of some phrase like "policeman," could we put the definite article before the word or phrase to be defined instead of what one might see commonly put, which is the indefinite article "a" or "an"?
eg,
The policeman is an officer of law who enforces...
1. Could we use the pronoun "it" in a wise saying to indicate something generally? As for the following, to indicate some personal problem or the solution to a personal problem? Or should we be specific?
If you can't figure it out, try to look at it from a different perspective, and then perhaps...
2. When we write the definition of some phrase like "policeman," could we put the definite article before the word or phrase to be defined instead of what one might see commonly put, which is the indefinite article "a" or "an"?
eg,
The policeman is an officer of law who enforces...
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Anonymous If you can't figure it out, try to look at it from a different perspective, and then perhaps. That is fine. eg,The policeman is an officer of law who enforces...
- Anonymous If you can't figure it out, try to look at it from a different perspective, and then perhaps.
- That is fine.
- eg,The policeman is an officer of law who enforces...
- You may use either grammatically.
- We choose the one that sounds better in the context.
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AnonymousIf you can't figure it out, try to look at it from a different perspective, and then perhaps.That is fine.
Anonymous When we write the definition of some phrase like "policeman," could we put the definite article before the word or phrase to be defined instead of what one might see commonly put, which is the indefinite article
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