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Paeez Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

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Hi,
Would you please tell me if "the" is: 1) necessary 2) not necessary, but true 3) incorrect
In this sentence

While I cleaned the car, my wife was preparing (HERE) lunch.

Thanks
  

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No article is needed. The same goes for breakfast and dinner . I suggest While I cleaned the car, my wife made lunch.

— RandomGuy

  • No article is needed.
  • The same goes for breakfast and dinner .
  • I suggest While I cleaned the car, my wife made lunch.
  • or While I was cleaning the car, my wife was making lunch.
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No article is needed. The same goes for breakfast and dinner.

I suggest

While I cleaned the car, my wife made lunch.

or

While I was cleaning the car, my wife was making lunch.
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Thanks, but I thought that lunch is somehow is known. It's not any lunch, that is lunch of that day! So, I preferred "the".

PS I didn't understand that if either way is correct, or only without the version is correct.
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PaeezIt's not any lunch, that is lunch of that day!
Even so, the sentence sounds awkward with the article, no matter how I attempt to justify it.
PaeezI didn't understand that if either way is correct, or only without the version is correct.
It might be grammatically permissible, but it is by no means natural in my di
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