In architecture, one must start the drawing of any plan on a grid.
Hello.
What does the sentence below mean and why did the author use 'the' before 'drawing'? Can we omit it?
In architecture, one must start the drawing of any plan on a grid.
Does it imply that one needs to draw a grid first (I am pretty sure not, but this is what my program says...)? Or that he already has a grid and the first activity is to draw a plan on it?
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"... of any plan" makes "drawing" specific enough to justify "the". e.
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- of any plan" makes "drawing" specific enough to justify "the".
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- if "of" is also removed).
- The sentence does not specify whether one draws the grid oneself or has a pre-printed grid.
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"... of any plan" makes "drawing" specific enough to justify "the". An article or other determiner is required before "drawing"; "the" cannot simply be omitted ("start drawing any plan" would be correct though, i.e. if "of" is also removed).
The sentence does not specify whether one draws the grid oneself or has a pre-printed grid.
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