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LarryQ Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Patients or the patients
Dear Native Speakers and Teachers,
In this sentence:
With this disease, patients usually manifest the following symptoms.
Is it also okay if I write "the patients"? Without the article it is better (no specific patients), but I've been taught that you can use the definite article if it's a group that you get from the logical context. So "the patients" - those patients that suffer from that disease.
Again, I know "patients" is better, but would "the" be correct as well, if less preferable?
Thank you.
In this sentence:
With this disease, patients usually manifest the following symptoms.
Is it also okay if I write "the patients"? Without the article it is better (no specific patients), but I've been taught that you can use the definite article if it's a group that you get from the logical context. So "the patients" - those patients that suffer from that disease.
Again, I know "patients" is better, but would "the" be correct as well, if less preferable?
Thank you.
Top answer
Yes. You can also speak in a general way by saying 'the patient'. Clive
- Yes.
- You can also speak in a general way by saying 'the patient'.
- Clive
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LarryQDear Native Speakers and Teachers,
In this sentence:With this disease, patients usually manifest the following symptoms.Is it also okay if I write "the patients"? "the" is completely not needed.
Without the article it is better (no specific patients), That is not really true; they are the patients with that disease.
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