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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Mostly questions on article usage?
Hi. Please help me with these.
1. It is to be used as a replacement for (the?) old equipment currently in use. -- I feel not having/using the article in the place underlined would be better but I think we can have the article without being incorrect. I could be wrong, I think.
2. With your generous support, (the?) construction has begun for our long-waited (long-awaited?) project. (The?) Construction is expected to be completed soon. -- I feel the same as above with this, it being that I feel having/using the article is not incorrect. And having the article would be better. How about the phrase "long-waited"? Should it be "long-awaited" or any other phrase? Again, I think I could be wrong.
3. Hearing (the?) jingling of bells has lifted my spirit up. -- Again, the same comment as the previous two. To emphasize a point raised in the previous two sentences: I feel not having/using the article is better for this, too. (Again, I think I could be wrong.)
4. XXX feet of (a?) steel track. XX miles per hour. Our newest project has something for ... -- Let us pretend that the letters "XXX" and "XX" represent a certain number of feet and a certain number of miles respectively. Should we have the article "a" before the word "steel"? Also, if you will allow me to ask one more question on this sentence: Do you think ending what looks like phrases in periods, as done above, is correct? Could it be correct in informal writing?
1. It is to be used as a replacement for (the?) old equipment currently in use. -- I feel not having/using the article in the place underlined would be better but I think we can have the article without being incorrect. I could be wrong, I think.
2. With your generous support, (the?) construction has begun for our long-waited (long-awaited?) project. (The?) Construction is expected to be completed soon. -- I feel the same as above with this, it being that I feel having/using the article is not incorrect. And having the article would be better. How about the phrase "long-waited"? Should it be "long-awaited" or any other phrase? Again, I think I could be wrong.
3. Hearing (the?) jingling of bells has lifted my spirit up. -- Again, the same comment as the previous two. To emphasize a point raised in the previous two sentences: I feel not having/using the article is better for this, too. (Again, I think I could be wrong.)
4. XXX feet of (a?) steel track. XX miles per hour. Our newest project has something for ... -- Let us pretend that the letters "XXX" and "XX" represent a certain number of feet and a certain number of miles respectively. Should we have the article "a" before the word "steel"? Also, if you will allow me to ask one more question on this sentence: Do you think ending what looks like phrases in periods, as done above, is correct? Could it be correct in informal writing?
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These are correct: 1. It is to be used as a replacement for the old equipment currently in use. 2.
- These are correct: 1.
- It is to be used as a replacement for the old equipment currently in use.
- 2.
- With your generous support, (the) construction has begun on our long-awaited project.
- It is expected to be completed soon.
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These are correct:
1. It is to be used as a replacement for the old equipment currently in use.
2. With your generous support, (the) construction has begun on our long-awaited project. It is expected to be completed soon.
3. Hearing the jingling of bells has lifted my spirit up.
4. Twenty-seven feet of
1. It is to be used as a replacement for the old equipment currently in use.
2. With your generous support, (the) construction has begun on our long-awaited project. It is expected to be completed soon.
3. Hearing the jingling of bells has lifted my spirit up.
4. Twenty-seven feet of
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Hi. Thank you.
I think I have seen some sentences in which the phrasal pattern "gerund + of 'noun'" were used without the definite article "the" in front of a gerund like "jingling" in example sentence 3 in my previous post. If you could, could you give me a sentence or two in which there is a phrase with that phrasal pattern?
Could this be correct?
He was annoyed by
I think I have seen some sentences in which the phrasal pattern "gerund + of 'noun'" were used without the definite article "the" in front of a gerund like "jingling" in example sentence 3 in my previous post. If you could, could you give me a sentence or two in which there is a phrase with that phrasal pattern?
Could this be correct?
He was annoyed by
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Yes, of course you have. You can probably find milllions via Google Search. Your sentence remains odd without 'the', however, since the source/situation of the jingling is specificed.
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