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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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You are the one who is doing the problems.
You are the one who is doing problems.

Are both with and without 'the' possible? Is 'who is' used correctly in that sentence?
  

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You are the one who is doing the problems. You are the one who is doing problems. Are both with and without 'the' possible?

  • You are the one who is doing the problems.
  • You are the one who is doing problems.
  • Are both with and without 'the' possible?
  • Yes.
  • with - you are referring to specific problems that the reader is already aware of.
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You are the one who is doing the problems.
You are the one who is doing problems.

Are both with and without 'the' possible?
Yes.
with - you are referring to specific problems that the reader is already aware of.
without - you are referring to problems in gene
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Thanks. That was very clear. So it should be 'making' instead of 'doing'.

You are the one who is making the problems.

Is that sentence correct? Because I think 'make the problems' does not work, and it has to be 'making' in that sentence. Am I correct?

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