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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Omission of definite article

I read the following excerpt on the Irish times:
"Communication difficulties between couples remains the single biggest problem."

Why can not we use definite article "the" before " communication problems " here?
  

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" The difficulties are mentioned for the first time. CB

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  • " The difficulties are mentioned for the first time.
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JigneshbharatiI read the following excerpt in The Irish Times:"Communication difficulties between couples remain the single biggest problem."
The difficulties are mentioned for the first time.

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Would it be ungrammatical if it was used(article)?
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Ungrammatical is perhaps too strong a word. It wouldn't be as good English as it is without the article.

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