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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
In the dark
I can't see in dark/the dark.
It's a made-up sentence
Do we need "the" or not before "dark" and please explain why?
The: specific reference
It's a made-up sentence
Do we need "the" or not before "dark" and please explain why?
The: specific reference
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Jigneshbharati Do we need "the" or not before "dark" It has to be "the dark". Jigneshbharati please explain why? No real reason.
- Jigneshbharati Do we need "the" or not before "dark" It has to be "the dark".
- Jigneshbharati please explain why?
- No real reason.
- Articles are mysterious little things.
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JigneshbharatiDo we need "the" or not before "dark"
It has to be "the dark".
Jigneshbharatiplease explain why?
No real reason. Articles are mysterious little things. Maybe it's because we have the word "darkness" for that, and "dark" therefore sounds odd: "I can't see in total darkness."
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JigneshbharatiDo we need "the" or not before "dark" and please explain why?
"dark" is an adjective. I imagine that historically we added "the" to "dark" when we wanted to use it as a noun, but this is a guess. I make this guess because adjectives like "rich" and "poor" are treated the same way. "the rich" and "the poor" refer to rich people and poor peop
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