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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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in the future Tour de France races
However, since then, new rules and tests for riders have done a lot to prevent this from happening in the future Tour de France races.
Hi,
There is no "the" before "future" in the above in the original, and I think putting in "the" sounds better. Am I on the right track or not? If not, would you enlighten me? Thanks.
Hi,
There is no "the" before "future" in the above in the original, and I think putting in "the" sounds better. Am I on the right track or not? If not, would you enlighten me? Thanks.
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In my view, the sentence is better without "the". "The" is not wrong, and it has the sense of making the future races seem more definite. However, the disadvantage is that you naturally read "in the future" as one unit, and then have to backtrack when you realise that this reading doesn't make sense.
- In my view, the sentence is better without "the".
- "The" is not wrong, and it has the sense of making the future races seem more definite.
- However, the disadvantage is that you naturally read "in the future" as one unit, and then have to backtrack when you realise that this reading doesn't make sense.
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In my view, the sentence is better without "the".
"The" is not wrong, and it has the sense of making the future races seem more definite. However, the disadvantage is that you naturally read "in the future" as one unit, and then have to backtrack when you realise that this reading doesn't make sense.
"The" is not wrong, and it has the sense of making the future races seem more definite. However, the disadvantage is that you naturally read "in the future" as one unit, and then have to backtrack when you realise that this reading doesn't make sense.
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