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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"a" and no "a"

0Children transplant rice onto 01u00a field02u00 set up near Yangjaecheon stream in southern Seoul. 02br
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00In the sentenc above, how about changing "a field" into "field"?02br
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00My non-native sense of English is that in the sentence, the "field" is to be considered like some nouns like sugar or water, making "field" rather than "a field" more appproriate. 02br
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00But if the situation was like that there were many fields prepared, and some children were planting onto one of the many fields, then "a field" should be appropriate.02br
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00What should be native speakers' sense of English?02br
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00Below is the original newspaper article.02br
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01b00Farming downtown:02b00 Children transplant rice onto a field set up near Yangjaechon stream in southern Seoul, Wednesday. Gapyeong County government in Gyeonggi Province provided rice-planting machines and demonstrated techniques for the event. 02br
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00/ Korea Times Photo by Ryu Hyo-jin030srchttp://www.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/top(3).jpgw450
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Children transplant rice onto 01u 00a field02u 00 set up near Yangjaecheon stream in southern Seoul. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00My non-native sense of English is that in the sentence, the "field" is to be considered like some nouns like sugar or water, making "field" rather than "a field" more appproriate. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00What should be native speakers' sense of English?

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Children transplant rice onto 01u 00a field02u 00 set up near Yangjaecheon stream in southern Seoul.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00My non-native sense of English is that in the sentence, the "field" is to be considered like some nouns like sugar or water, making "field" rather than "a field" more appproriate.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00What should be native speakers' sense of English?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Children transplant rice onto 01u00a field02u00 set up near Yangjaecheon stream in southern Seoul. 02font02br
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01font00In the sentenc above, how about changing "a field" into "field"?02font02br
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0Thanks, Guru!02br
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00One more question: Isn't 'onto' appropriate, if we think that they are planting on the ground?0-
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0Hi,02br
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00For planting, we think of people as planting01b00 in02b00 the ground. You dig a hole01b00 in02b00 the ground, and put the plant01b00 in02b00 the hole. 02br
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00Clive0-
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