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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
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Killed with (a?) knife
Do we have to use the article here or not? Any difference in the meaning when we use or don't use it?
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Yes, we have to use it otherwise it would sound as if the person was killed along with knife which is absurd
- Yes, we have to use it otherwise it would sound as if the person was killed along with knife which is absurd
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Yes, we have to use it otherwise it would sound as if the person was killed along with knife which is absurd
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VoytaszekDo we have to use the article here or not?
Yes. A knife was the instrument which caused his death.
Note that newspapers frequently omit articles in picture captions and headlines to make the text shorter.
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