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MariaRC Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
(The) apple trees and rosebushes
Hi all,
I would really appreciate your help here.
1. Our house had a large garden, where I enjoyed walking amid apple trees and rosebushes.
2. Our house had a large garden, where I enjoyed walking amid the apple trees and rosebushes.
Is either sentence right? I am mentioning these apple trees and rosebushes for the first time.
On the one hand, a garden is expected to have trees/greenery, but not necessarily apple trees and rosebushes, so only #1 is correct (no article - mentioned for the first time).
On the other hand, because a garden is expected to have trees, I think it's obvious that in this context some of this greenery was apple trees and rosebushes, so #2 seems also correct - the apple trees and rosebushes that were in that garden.
I prefer #1 (no article) but for the record...I am reading this novel, there is a sentence: "walked out in the garden and strolled under the oak trees", which justifies my #2 explication.
Anyway, I would HUGELY appreciate your explications!
Maria
I would really appreciate your help here.
1. Our house had a large garden, where I enjoyed walking amid apple trees and rosebushes.
2. Our house had a large garden, where I enjoyed walking amid the apple trees and rosebushes.
Is either sentence right? I am mentioning these apple trees and rosebushes for the first time.
On the one hand, a garden is expected to have trees/greenery, but not necessarily apple trees and rosebushes, so only #1 is correct (no article - mentioned for the first time).
On the other hand, because a garden is expected to have trees, I think it's obvious that in this context some of this greenery was apple trees and rosebushes, so #2 seems also correct - the apple trees and rosebushes that were in that garden.
I prefer #1 (no article) but for the record...I am reading this novel, there is a sentence: "walked out in the garden and strolled under the oak trees", which justifies my #2 explication.
Anyway, I would HUGELY appreciate your explications!
Maria
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MariaRC Is either sentence right? Yes, and for the reasons you give.
- MariaRC Is either sentence right?
- Yes, and for the reasons you give.
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MariaRCIs either sentence right?Yes, and for the reasons you give.
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Mister MicawberYes, and for the reasons you give.Thank you very much, Mister Micawber. As always I am very grateful.
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