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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Not the whining
The conversation goes:
A: Talk without whining.
B: [ B keeps whines]
A: Not "the" whining.
Is the use of 'the' in the quotation marks correct?
A: Talk without whining.
B: [ B keeps whines]
A: Not "the" whining.
Is the use of 'the' in the quotation marks correct?
Top answer
Neither version is natural. A's natural response is eg Stop whining. eg Stop the/your whining.
- Neither version is natural.
- A's natural response is eg Stop whining.
- eg Stop the/your whining.
- eg Don't whine.
- I hope you realize that people do not like to be told they are whining..
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Neither version is natural.
A's natural response is
eg Stop whining.
eg Stop the/your whining.
eg Don't whine.
I hope you realize that people do not like to be told they are whining..
Clive
A's natural response is
eg Stop whining.
eg Stop the/your whining.
eg Don't whine.
I hope you realize that people do not like to be told they are whining..
Clive
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Thanks.
They are unnatural, but how about grammar, especially with 'the'? Would you say it should be without it would be more grammatical at least?
They are unnatural, but how about grammar, especially with 'the'? Would you say it should be without it would be more grammatical at least?
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There is little point in discussing the grammatical correctness of unnatural statements. He will have whined, for examole is a grammatically correct utterance, but totally inappropriate in that statement, Not the whiningi and Not whining are possible utterances, though not complete sentences, but they simply do not work there.
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