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Henry74 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Repetition of "the"
Hello,
Could you please tell me if the following sentence is correct in terms of repetition of "the"?
- The club is the core of my project in that it promotes the gathering, the diffusion and the use of the words that make up my dictionary of original words.
Should I avoid repeteating it?
- [...] it promotes the gathering, diffusion and use of....
Thank you for your help
H.
Could you please tell me if the following sentence is correct in terms of repetition of "the"?
- The club is the core of my project in that it promotes the gathering, the diffusion and the use of the words that make up my dictionary of original words.
Should I avoid repeteating it?
- [...] it promotes the gathering, diffusion and use of....
Thank you for your help
H.
Top answer
I think it's better with them.
- I think it's better with them.
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Henry74Hello,Could you please tell me if the following sentence is correct in terms of repetition of "the"?- The club is the core of my project in that it promotes the gathering, the diffusion and the use of the words that make up my dictionary of original words.
Should I avoid repeteating "the"?- [...] it promotes the gathering, di
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Well, Henry, you have one voice in favour of the article so far, and one against. My vote is against, but I have no strong objection to 'the' being used there. It's certainly not incorrect.
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To my mind, repeating 'the' adds emphasis to the words 'diffusion' and 'use'.
Clive
Clive
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OK. Thank you guys.
Seeing that it's a matter of style, I guess I'll go for the version that sounds better to me.
Now I just have to decide which one it is.
Seeing that it's a matter of style, I guess I'll go for the version that sounds better to me.
Now I just have to decide which one it is.
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