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Dib Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

If you see the same car but on different roads(usage of the article "the")

If I see a car on a road I liked I would say:


Today I saw the new BMW on the road.

But if I see that exact same car every day, owned by the same person, and basically there is only one car of that model in the city ,and I see it ON DIFFERENT ROADS, NOT A SINGLE SPECIFIC ROAD, in this case should I say:


I see that new BMW on road every day.

or I still have to use "the" as in:

I see that new BMW on the road every day.

Thanks in advance!
  

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Dib I see that new BMW on road every day. No. If it is a new BMW (made in 2013, but perhaps many different specific vehicles), on different roads: I see the new BMW on the road s of my city every day.

  • Dib I see that new BMW on road every day.
  • No.
  • If it is a new BMW (made in 2013, but perhaps many different specific vehicles), on different roads: I see the new BMW on the road s of my city every day.
  • ) Dib But if I see that exact same car every day, owned by the same person, and basically there is only one car of that model in the city ,and I see it ON DIFFERENT ROADS, NOT A SINGLE SPECIFIC ROAD, in this case should I say: I see that same new BMW on the roads of my city every day.
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DibI see that new BMW on road every day.
No.

If it is a new BMW (made in 2013, but perhaps many different specific vehicles), on different roads:
I see the new BMW on the roads of my city every day. (It must be very popular; many people have bought the same model car.)
DibBut if I see that exact
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Thanks!

I see that same new BMW on the roads of my city every day.
But if the person I am talking to lives in the same city as I do then :

I see that same new BMW on the road every day. [No "of my city" or "of our city" in the sentence]

correct?

Thanks!
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DibI see that new BMW on road every day.
Here you have this situation.

1. road is a singular noun.
2. road is a countable noun.
3. road is not an abstract noun.
4. road does not occur in an idiom or fixed expression here.

Whenever these conditions apply, you must use a determiner (a, an, t

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