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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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This is for setting the information in ABC.
This is for setting information in ABC.

By using 'This', you can set various information of ABC, but you haven't done it yet.

Is 'the' needed?

specifying is better than setting?

Thanks
  

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Hi, It's hard to comment without a context. What kind of thing does 'ABC' refer to? Clive

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Hi,

It's hard to comment without a context. What kind of thing does 'ABC' refer to?

Clive
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Sorry. Let's say it's a browser such as IE or Firefox or Chrome.
'This' is the settings item you might see on the upper menu bar or somewhere.

So, 'By using the "settings" on the menubar, you can specify/set information of/in the Internet Explorer.' 





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Hi,
This is for setting the information in ABC.
This is for setting information in ABC.


By using 'This', you can set various information of ABC, but you haven't done it yet.

Is 'the' needed? Not if you just want to make a general statement.


specifying is better than setting? Yes
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Thank you so much, Clive.
Understand!
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