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Manish Jaitly Posted 5 years ago
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Is 'the' totally wrong here?
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Most often we write 'one-third of an inch'. But is it totally incorrect to write 'one-third of the inch'? Can 'the' not be replaced by 'an'?
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Most often we write 'one-third of an inch'. But is it totally incorrect to write 'one-third of the inch'? Can 'the' not be replaced by 'an'?
- Most often we write 'one-third of an inch'.
- But is it totally incorrect to write 'one-third of the inch'?
- Can 'the' not be replaced by 'an'?
- one-third of an inch This refers to any inch.
- one-third of the inch This refers to some specific inch.
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Most often we write 'one-third of an inch'. But is it totally incorrect to write 'one-third of the inch'? Can 'the' not be replaced by 'an'?
one-third of an inch This refers to any inch.
one-third of the inch This refers to some specific inch.
It's hard to think of a realistic situation in which you would want to refer to a specific inch. Instead,
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