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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Indefinite article
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I have a doubt with the use of indefinite article here.
There was a cuckoo on a tree near the pond.
Here indefinite is used before cuckoo and tree. It sounds alright to me. I hear that it is not right to use indefinite articles before two successive nouns. Is there any rule like that?
I have a doubt with the use of indefinite article here.
There was a cuckoo on a tree near the pond.
Here indefinite is used before cuckoo and tree. It sounds alright to me. I hear that it is not right to use indefinite articles before two successive nouns. Is there any rule like that?
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definite article
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Is there any rule like that? Not that I know of.
The sentence is fine, in my opinion, but I would have used the preposition "in" instead of "on."
Now, using your example, what if there were only one tree near the pond?
"There was a cuckoo in the tr
The sentence is fine, in my opinion, but I would have used the preposition "in" instead of "on."
Now, using your example, what if there were only one tree near the pond?
"There was a cuckoo in the tr
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Hi JohnParis
Yes, it is very much.
Does the use of articles sound odd here?
There was a pen on a table.
Yes, it is very much.
Does the use of articles sound odd here?
There was a pen on a table.
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It depends on the context. It may sound odd, but it is grammatical.
Imagine if someone asked you to describe what you had seen in a dream. You might say ... There was a pen on a table and a doll on a chair and a toy truck on a box.
Imagine if someone asked you to describe what you had seen in a dream. You might say ... There was a pen on a table and a doll on a chair and a toy truck on a box.
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Yes, I too thought on the same lines. ( It is at times hard to impose context on rigid ideas of grammar. I suppose you agree.
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