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Yeganeh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Omitting articles
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could please explain rules on (I'm not sure if "on" is the correct preposition! But I feel right that way) omitting articles, when we use conjunctions, like "and' or "or". I want to know how the reader feels the impression of omitting or not omitting the articles.
For instance, "a king and queen", "a king or a queen", "the king and queen", "the king and the queen", "an orange and banana", "an orange and a banana", "usually of a building or a business", "usually of a building or business", and so on.
I'm interested to use that correctly and properly.
Thanks!
I was wondering if anyone could please explain rules on (I'm not sure if "on" is the correct preposition! But I feel right that way) omitting articles, when we use conjunctions, like "and' or "or". I want to know how the reader feels the impression of omitting or not omitting the articles.
For instance, "a king and queen", "a king or a queen", "the king and queen", "the king and the queen", "an orange and banana", "an orange and a banana", "usually of a building or a business", "usually of a building or business", and so on.
I'm interested to use that correctly and properly.
Thanks!
Top answer
Yeganeh I was wondering if anyone could please explain rules It is a guideline, not a rule, but the second article can generally be omitted if the terms form a single concept or if it is a list of singular countable nouns. Yeganeh For instance, "a king and queen", "a king or a queen", "the king and queen", "the king and the queen", "an orange and banana", "an orange and a banana", "usually of a building or a business", "usually of a building or business", and so on. All of those are correct in most contexts.
- Yeganeh I was wondering if anyone could please explain rules It is a guideline, not a rule, but the second article can generally be omitted if the terms form a single concept or if it is a list of singular countable nouns.
- Yeganeh For instance, "a king and queen", "a king or a queen", "the king and queen", "the king and the queen", "an orange and banana", "an orange and a banana", "usually of a building or a business", "usually of a building or business", and so on.
- All of those are correct in most contexts.
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YeganehI was wondering if anyone could please explain rulesIt is a guideline, not a rule, but the second article can generally be omitted if the terms form a single concept or if it is a list of singular countable nouns.
YeganehFor instance, "a king and queen", "a king or a queen", "the king and queen", "the king and the queen", "an or
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Thanks Mister Micawber,
Do you suggest any the unwritten rule about them? For example, I see that "the" usually is not omitted, or somehow when it is intended to emphasize on, I don't know perhaps the number! (a/an), it wouldn't be omitted. I have no idea how should I use that properly. Specially, when it comes to "the".
Thank you again,
Do you suggest any the unwritten rule about them? For example, I see that "the" usually is not omitted, or somehow when it is intended to emphasize on, I don't know perhaps the number! (a/an), it wouldn't be omitted. I have no idea how should I use that properly. Specially, when it comes to "the".
Thank you again,
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YeganehDo you suggest any the unwritten rule about them?There are no unwritten rules. Somebody must have written them down somewhere. I have already given you the guideline, which applies to all articles when they are unmixed in lists or collocations.
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