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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
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The beautiful
The beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon.
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Please explain the use of "the" in "The beautiful birds...".
How does it make the specific reference to the noun birds?
http://blog.writeathome.com/index.php/2012/10/the-five-sentence-complements/
Please explain the use of "the" in "The beautiful birds...".
How does it make the specific reference to the noun birds?
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a) Beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon. b) The beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon. (a) = any birds (b) = specific identified birds In particular, we must use (b) when these birds have already been mentioned.
- a) Beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon.
- b) The beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon.
- (a) = any birds (b) = specific identified birds In particular, we must use (b) when these birds have already been mentioned.
- The word "beautiful" does not affect the usage of the article.
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a) Beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon.
b) The beautiful birds fly gracefully toward the horizon.
(a) = any birds
(b) = specific identified birds
In particular, we must use (b) when these birds have already been mentioned.
The word "beautiful" does not affect the usage of the article.
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