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Kpripper Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Problem with article

Hello, I have a problem with article. I checking grammar in online service, and got the following results:

Malignancy as a cause of tumor. - No mistake detected!

Malignancy as a cause of a tumor. - No mistake detected!

So, to write or not write the article before a word "tumor" ?
  

Top answer

It would depend upon your topic. If writing about a particular tumor (one person's tumor), you might say, "Malignancy was a cause of the tumor. Malignancy caused a tumor.

— Wilpeter

  • It would depend upon your topic.
  • If writing about a particular tumor (one person's tumor), you might say, "Malignancy was a cause of the tumor.
  • Malignancy caused a tumor.
  • Malignancy was the cause of this tumor.
  • Malignancy causes tumors.
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It would depend upon your topic.
If writing about a particular tumor (one person's tumor), you might say, "Malignancy was a cause of the tumor. Malignancy caused a tumor. Malignancy was the cause of this tumor. Malignancy causes tumors. Malignancy is a cause of tumors.
However, "Malignancy as a cause of tumors" would be a suitable title (since it is not a sentence without a ve
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Either works, and would serve as a "title". However, neither is a complete sentence without a verb. [ I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand the cause-and-effect of what you're talking about, but I do question its accuracy. ]
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Yes, it is a title. Thanks, I think I understand.
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If I use the word "tumor" in a sentence, the article is required and if I did not write it, it would be a mistake?
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kpripperHello, I have a problem with articles.
Yes, but I think you also have a problem with word meaning.

The first definition of 'malignancy' in my dictionary says that a malignancy is a tumor that is malignant.

Therefore, you are saying A tumor that is malignant is a cause of a tumor.
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It was just an example. ?riginal sentence (or title) was "Malignancy as a cause of hydrothorax", but I do not know how "hydrothorax" in the plural, and I replaced it the first thing that came to my mind))
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kpripperMalignancy as a cause of hydrothorax
This is OK just as you wrote it (above).

'tumor' is not a good substitute for purposes of checking grammar. The name of a thing (tumor) and the name of a disease or condition (hydrothorax) are not grammatical equivalents. It's "cause of tumors", but "cause of hydrothorax". The first one would be plural,
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