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Surfer Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
plague vs. the plague
Hello, everyone.
In the following text:
"After the plague had weakened in late 639, Umar visited Syria for political and administrative re-organization, as most of the veteran commanders and governors had died of plague.",
shouldn't the writer have used the before the word plague? Isn't the definite article always used with the names of diseases?
Thank you.
In the following text:
"After the plague had weakened in late 639, Umar visited Syria for political and administrative re-organization, as most of the veteran commanders and governors had died of plague.",
shouldn't the writer have used the before the word plague? Isn't the definite article always used with the names of diseases?
Thank you.
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Surfer shouldn't the writer have used the before the word plague? Isn't the definite article always used with the names of diseases? Not always.
- Surfer shouldn't the writer have used the before the word plague?
- Isn't the definite article always used with the names of diseases?
- Not always.
- Usage is inconsistent.
- Both are OK there.
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Surfershouldn't the writer have used the before the word plague? Isn't the definite article always used with the names of diseases?Not always. Usage is inconsistent. Both are OK there.
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