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J Lin Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

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Beneath the buildings, the streets look like tunnels. For a few seconds I see only a dark blanket over the land in front of me,*just faint differences between building and sky and street and ground.* Then I see a tiny pulsing light on the ground.

*just faint differences between building and sky and street and ground.*

Shouldn't it be just faint differences between the building and the sky and the street and the ground.

Why "The' is used here, when do you use The?
  

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* Shouldn't it be just faint differences between the building and the sky and the street and the ground. No, the original is fine—it speaks of environments. J Lin Why "The' is used here 'The' isn't used there.

— Mister Micawber

  • * Shouldn't it be just faint differences between the building and the sky and the street and the ground.
  • No, the original is fine—it speaks of environments.
  • J Lin Why "The' is used here 'The' isn't used there.
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J Lin*just faint differences between building and sky and street and ground.* Shouldn't it be just faint differences between the building and the sky and the street and the ground.
No, the original is fine—it speaks of environments.
J LinWhy "The' is used here
'The' isn't used there.
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Why isn't "the" used?
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I've just told you:
Mister Micawberit speaks of environments
They are more like concepts than locations.
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I kind of get it, but would it be wrong to use 'the'?
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J Linwould it be wrong to use 'the'?
No, but then you'd have to use 'buildings' and 'streets'.
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