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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Rain or the rain
Hi. Should we put the definite article "the" in front of (1) each word "rain" and "wind" (2) for the following example sentence?
It has eventually created a hole big enough for (the?) rain and (the?) wind to get in.
Also, could we use the word "each" to refer to one of the two as I have done in my question? Please see the underlined word "each" (numbered 1) in my question.
For example, Let say we have two pencils. Could we say this about them?
Each pencil needs to be sharpened.
I am sorry, but please help me with this too. Is it correct to use the preposition "in" instead of "for" in my question? Please see the underlined part numbered 2 above. Thank you for your help in advance.
It has eventually created a hole big enough for (the?) rain and (the?) wind to get in.
Also, could we use the word "each" to refer to one of the two as I have done in my question? Please see the underlined word "each" (numbered 1) in my question.
For example, Let say we have two pencils. Could we say this about them?
Each pencil needs to be sharpened.
I am sorry, but please help me with this too. Is it correct to use the preposition "in" instead of "for" in my question? Please see the underlined part numbered 2 above. Thank you for your help in advance.
Top answer
These are OK: It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in. It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in. Wind and rain sometimes can be seen as one thing because they often come together.
- These are OK: It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
- It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in.
- Wind and rain sometimes can be seen as one thing because they often come together.
- It has created a hole big enough for the wind and rain to get in.
- It eventually created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
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These are OK:
It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in.
Wind and rain sometimes can be seen as one thing because they often come together.
It has created a hole big enough for the wind and rain to get in.
It eventually
It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in.
Wind and rain sometimes can be seen as one thing because they often come together.
It has created a hole big enough for the wind and rain to get in.
It eventually
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Thank you for a fast reply. I think we normally associate the use of a definite article with specificity or a prior mention, but in the following sentences, there are none, yet there are the definite articles before the words "rain" and "wind" in the first sentence. Why is that? And I'm sure we can use the word "wind' and "rain" both countably and uncountably depending on the context we are using
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AnonymousI think we normally associate the use of a definite article with specificity or a prior mention, but in the following sentences, there are none, yet there are the definite articles before the words "rain" and "wind" in the first sentence. Why is that?In this case, it is specific elements. And lots of specific elements could get in through a hole in t
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Thank you again very much.
You wrote:
These are OK:
It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in.
OK, it's specific. Then, what do you account for the absence of definite articles in the second sentence before the words "rain" and "wind"? Thank you
You wrote:
These are OK:
It has created a hole big enough for the rain and the wind to get in.
It has created a hole big enough for rain and wind to get in.
OK, it's specific. Then, what do you account for the absence of definite articles in the second sentence before the words "rain" and "wind"? Thank you
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