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Vcolts Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"The" Article Question

Ex:

In sentences like the above..

In cases like the above..

In cases like Paul's case...

and etc..

I am assuming that we don't put the article "the" after "in" in the cases above because they (sentences, cases, and etc) mean ANY of them that resembles the previously mentioned example/form. Is that correct? Or is it just an idiom?

I ask this because I want to have the right logic in mind. I tend to want to put the article in similar sitatuations because they refer to specific forms of the thing we are talking about.

Thanks in advance.
  

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I am assuming that we don't put the article "the" after "in" in the cases above because they (sentences, cases, and etc) mean ANY of them that resembles the previously mentioned example/form. Is that correct? - I suspect that it is just idiomatic, because you could put either 'the' or 'any' in those phrases and they wouldn't be wrong; they would just not be usual.

— Mister Micawber

  • I am assuming that we don't put the article "the" after "in" in the cases above because they (sentences, cases, and etc) mean ANY of them that resembles the previously mentioned example/form.
  • Is that correct?
  • - I suspect that it is just idiomatic, because you could put either 'the' or 'any' in those phrases and they wouldn't be wrong; they would just not be usual.
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I am assuming that we don't put the article "the" after "in" in the cases above because they (sentences, cases, and etc) mean ANY of them that resembles the previously mentioned example/form. Is that correct? Or is it just an idiom?- I suspect that it is just idiomatic, because you could put either 'the' or 'any' in those phrases and they wouldn't be wrong; they would just not be usual.
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vcoltsIn sentences like the above..
In cases like the above..
In cases like Paul's case...
and etc.
Hi,

There's no need for you to use the definite article prior to cases because you are not

referring to specific cases, but you are merely describing a general idea.

The idiomatic expressions are in case of someth
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