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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The articles...

-Hi, excuse me, could you change the sheets in my bed? They got changed yesterday but not today.

-We usually change the (*) sheets every second day, but we can change them for you today as well.


*Can we use the zero article here? If so, what is the difference in the meaning (if it is any)?

  

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*Can we use the zero article here? Yes. That change will not affect the grammar.

— CalifJim

  • *Can we use the zero article here?
  • Yes.
  • That change will not affect the grammar.
  • Voytaszek If so, what is the difference in the meaning (if it there is any)?
  • There isn't a great deal of difference, but without 'the' we have the idea of 'sheets' in general — you might say that those sheets are freely floating around the universe instead of fixed to a particular situation.
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Voytaszek-We usually change the (*) sheets every second day, but we can change them for you today as well.*Can we use the zero article here?

Yes. That change will not affect the grammar.

VoytaszekIf so, what is the difference in the meaning (if it there is any)?

There

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