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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Questions dealing with determiners?
Hi. Please help me with these two questions.
1. I seem to see only the definite article "the" in front of the phrase "trick-down theory" either online or in print. Why is that?
eg,
Does the trick-down theory work for them?
2. I think the word "work" is uncountable in the following context. Could we use the word "another" before an uncountable noun? I am sorry not giving you a full example sentence.
eg,
Another work of a janitor is to clean ...
1. I seem to see only the definite article "the" in front of the phrase "trick-down theory" either online or in print. Why is that?
eg,
Does the trick-down theory work for them?
2. I think the word "work" is uncountable in the following context. Could we use the word "another" before an uncountable noun? I am sorry not giving you a full example sentence.
eg,
Another work of a janitor is to clean ...
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Anonymous Hi. Please help me with these two questions. 1.
- Anonymous Hi.
- Please help me with these two questions.
- 1.
- I seem to see only the definite article "the" in front of the phrase "trick-down theory" either online or in print.
- Why is that?
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AnonymousHi. Please help me with these two questions.
1. I seem to see only the definite article "the" in front of the phrase "trick-down theory" either online or in print. Why is that?
eg,
Does the trick-down theory work for them?
A theory is countable. You need some sort of determiner. A good theory, his theory, the trick-down theory (whatev
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