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Jacek From Kwidzyn (Pomesania) Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
the car door...
Hello all volounteer teachers!
I have found in many sources I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car"...
We are using in such cases the definite article even though we do not exactly know which one of the , let's say, four doors has to be meant: the front one on the left.. or maybe on the right etc..
Does it sound bad if we tell 'a car door", when we do not want to specify??
e.g.
By coupling the plunger arm to the existing rod within the car door which moves the door lock mechanism....
Thank you in advance to all willing to share their knowledge on this amazing web-forum.....
Jacek,
I have found in many sources I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car"...
We are using in such cases the definite article even though we do not exactly know which one of the , let's say, four doors has to be meant: the front one on the left.. or maybe on the right etc..
Does it sound bad if we tell 'a car door", when we do not want to specify??
e.g.
By coupling the plunger arm to the existing rod within the car door which moves the door lock mechanism....
Thank you in advance to all willing to share their knowledge on this amazing web-forum.....
Jacek,
Top answer
Hi Jacek, You mentioned: "I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car ". door car'. For example, The car door was damaged by an accident (car + door) Nissan Altima is a four-door car (door + car) .
- Hi Jacek, You mentioned: "I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car ".
- door car'.
- For example, The car door was damaged by an accident (car + door) Nissan Altima is a four-door car (door + car) .
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Hi Jacek,
You mentioned:"I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car". Depending upon the context, we can say 'car door' or '...door car'.
For example,
The car door was damaged by an accident (car + door)
Nissan Altima is a four-door car (door + car)
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You mentioned:"I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car". Depending upon the context, we can say 'car door' or '...door car'.
For example,
The car door was damaged by an accident (car + door)
Nissan Altima is a four-door car (door + car)
.
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hi Rishonly,
thank you for your reply.
You are right about this you had written, of course.
I know there is a combination : noun attribute + noun eg
a) a horse race /horse : attribute
b) a race horse / race : attribute
...but I did not mean this when writing my previous post...
To put it another way, I just had asked why one cannot say "a
thank you for your reply.
You are right about this you had written, of course.
I know there is a combination : noun attribute + noun eg
a) a horse race /horse : attribute
b) a race horse / race : attribute
...but I did not mean this when writing my previous post...
To put it another way, I just had asked why one cannot say "a
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Hi,
I have found in many sources I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car"... There's no such thing as a 'door car'. I think you mean a 'car door'.
By coupling the plunger arm to the existing rod within the car door which moves the door lock mechanism....
I have found in many sources I could get that the only possible way of combining together 'door' and 'car' is "the door car"... There's no such thing as a 'door car'. I think you mean a 'car door'.
By coupling the plunger arm to the existing rod within the car door which moves the door lock mechanism....
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Hi Jacek,
To me, the second sentence seems better but the natives can explain more on this. The first half of the first sentence--"A car door had not been locked"-- uses an indefinite article "A" and doesn't refer any specific car or car door,but the second half of the sentence uses a definite article "The" and refers a specifc car alarm. That makes the sentence a bit odd, in my opinion.
To me, the second sentence seems better but the natives can explain more on this. The first half of the first sentence--"A car door had not been locked"-- uses an indefinite article "A" and doesn't refer any specific car or car door,but the second half of the sentence uses a definite article "The" and refers a specifc car alarm. That makes the sentence a bit odd, in my opinion.
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thank you very much, Rishonly,
and best wishes from Poland,
Jacek
and best wishes from Poland,
Jacek
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