Liverpool players or THE Liverpool players
The following description accompanies a YouTube video celebrating Liverpool's victory against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday evening:
Liverpool players and fans join together in harmony and belt out a spine-tingling rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone after beating Tottenham in the Champions League final...
My question is this:
Shouldn't "Liverpool players" be preceded by the article "the" as we are talking about a group of SPECIFIC players?
Thank you.
Top answer
teal lime Shouldn't "Liverpool players" be preceded by the article "the" as we are talking about a group of SPECIFIC players? In the plural "players" means "all of the players", so this is OK without "the". , the Manchester players .
- teal lime Shouldn't "Liverpool players" be preceded by the article "the" as we are talking about a group of SPECIFIC players?
- In the plural "players" means "all of the players", so this is OK without "the".
- , the Manchester players .
- ).
- CJ
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teal limeShouldn't "Liverpool players" be preceded by the article "the" as we are talking about a group of SPECIFIC players?
In the plural "players" means "all of the players", so this is OK without "the".
"the" is more likely used if you are making a contrast between the Liverpool players and some other players, e.g., the Manc
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