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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Going by (the) voting pattern(s) so far, the uncertain state of the US economy continues to be the main concern for voters from both parties

in the above sentence should article 'the' or not & it should be pattern or patterns kindly explain to clear my doubts
  

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Going by the voting pattern so far... = OK. This views all of the voting for this specific election as a whole Going by the voting patterns so far...

  • Going by the voting pattern so far...
  • = OK.
  • This views all of the voting for this specific election as a whole Going by the voting patterns so far...
  • = OK.
  • This might be used if the writer is viewing the voting in terms of individual states, for example.
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Going by the voting pattern so far... = OK. This views all of the voting for this specific election as a whole

Going by the voting patterns so far... = OK. This might be used if the writer is viewing the voting in terms of individual states, for example.

Going by voting patterns so far... = This is also possible, but the omission of 'the' makes 'voting

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