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Heidi1978 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Stop ogling women
Hi, I am struggling with this question and have some answers, but I am still unsure.
A jealous woman tells her husband at a party:
1. Stop ogling women!
2. Stop ogling the women!
My education tells me that in the context above #2 ("the women") is preferable because she is referring to not women in general, but those women who are at the party.
But what if this husband ogles at some of the women at the party and not all of them? For example: maybe he is ogling the ones with blond hair? Just know it's some of the women at the party. Wouldn't #1 (Stop ogling women!) be better? "The women" seems better only if he is looking at ALL the women at the party.
A jealous woman tells her husband at a party:
1. Stop ogling women!
2. Stop ogling the women!
My education tells me that in the context above #2 ("the women") is preferable because she is referring to not women in general, but those women who are at the party.
But what if this husband ogles at some of the women at the party and not all of them? For example: maybe he is ogling the ones with blond hair? Just know it's some of the women at the party. Wouldn't #1 (Stop ogling women!) be better? "The women" seems better only if he is looking at ALL the women at the party.
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Heidi1978 My education tells me that in the context above #2 ("the women") is preferable because she is referring to not women in general, but those women who are at the party. Yes. Heidi1978 But what if this husband ogles at some of the women at the party and not all of them?
- Heidi1978 My education tells me that in the context above #2 ("the women") is preferable because she is referring to not women in general, but those women who are at the party.
- Yes.
- Heidi1978 But what if this husband ogles at some of the women at the party and not all of them?
- For example: maybe he is ogling the ones with blond hair?
- Just know it's some of the women at the party.
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Heidi1978My education tells me that in the context above #2 ("the women") is preferable because she is referring to not women in general, but those women who are at the party.Yes.
Heidi1978But what if this husband ogles at some of the women at the party and not all of them? For example: maybe he is ogling the ones with blond hair? Just
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Thank you for your response and your warm welcome, Mister Micawber.
So #2 is better. Got it. If the wife used #1 (no article, just "women") at the party, would it still be grammatical, or is this just a case of #2 being better than #1?
So #2 is better. Got it. If the wife used #1 (no article, just "women") at the party, would it still be grammatical, or is this just a case of #2 being better than #1?
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Heidi1978Got it. If the wife used #1 (no article, just "women") at the party, would it still be grammaticalYes.
Heidi1978is this just a case of #2 being better than #1?Yes.
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