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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
[The] Bus drivers are on strike.
Hello.
1) Bus drivers are on strike.
2) The bus drivers are on strike.
What is the difference between the sentences above?
Is it a standard difference that in 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meant?
For example, if I wanted to comment on the situation in my city - which one should I use?
1) Bus drivers are on strike.
2) The bus drivers are on strike.
What is the difference between the sentences above?
Is it a standard difference that in 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meant?
For example, if I wanted to comment on the situation in my city - which one should I use?
Top answer
Reegis in 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meant? Yes. 1) Bus drivers are on strike all over the country.
- Reegis in 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meant?
- Yes.
- 1) Bus drivers are on strike all over the country.
- 2) I could not get to work today.
- The bus drivers are on strike and the roads were jammed with cars.
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Reegisin 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meant?Yes.
1) Bus drivers are on strike all over the country.
2) I could not get to work today. The bus drivers are on strike and the roads were jammed with cars.
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Reegisin 2) the receiver knows what drivers are meantOr rather, the speaker believes that the listener has enough information to identify which drivers are meant by the words 'the bus drivers'.
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