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Joey_five Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

lady with red hair or lady with the red hair??

0Hi, which of the following sentences should be considered correct??02br
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001a) The lady with red hair is my neighbour.02br
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001b) The lady with the red hair is my enighbour.02br
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002a) The lady in red dress is my teacher.02br
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002b) The lady in the red dress is my teacher.02br
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003a) The old man in the red car is my boss.02br
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003b) The old man in red car is my boss.02br
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00It seems 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a are correct but not 3b. Am I correct??02br
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10?? 2a) The lady in red dress is my teacher.02br
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02a) The lady in red dress is my teacher => it needs 'the' before the 'red dress' because the speaker is talking about a lady who is already known. Besides, in this case 'red dress' is a countable noun.02br
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003b) the same here. It needs 'the' before the 'red car'. 02br
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00Both sentences, they sound not right without 'the'.0-
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102a) The lady in red dress is my teacher => it needs 'the' before the 'red dress' because the speaker is talking about a lady who is already known. Besides, in this case 'red dress' is a countable noun.12br
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103b) the same here. It needs 'the' before the 'red car'. 12
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00The lady in the red dress is my teacher.02font02br
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00This sentence makes me think that we are looking at more than one lady, and that only one of these ladies is wearing a red dress. In fact, it suggests to me that more than one lady may be wearing a dress, but that only one of the dresse
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