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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The case
Can I say these?:
-These linguists invented XYZ hypothesis and ABC theory.
-We had to learn a lot of complicated grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case.
My teacher told me we must say THE XYZ/ABC hypothesis/theory and THE XYZ case in grammar; is it still true nowadays? (I learned these things a long time ago!)
If yes, can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences? (like between father and daughter, rather than between THE father and THE daughter)
-These linguists invented XYZ hypothesis and ABC theory.
-We had to learn a lot of complicated grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case.
My teacher told me we must say THE XYZ/ABC hypothesis/theory and THE XYZ case in grammar; is it still true nowadays? (I learned these things a long time ago!)
If yes, can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences? (like between father and daughter, rather than between THE father and THE daughter)
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These linguists invented the XYZ hypothesis and the ABC theory. We had to learn a lot of complex grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case. Can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences?
- These linguists invented the XYZ hypothesis and the ABC theory.
- We had to learn a lot of complex grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case.
- Can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences?
- -- If you must, but repeating the definite article is preferable there.
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These linguists invented the XYZ hypothesis and the ABC theory.
We had to learn a lot of complex grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case.
Can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences? -- If you must, but repeating the definite article is preferable there.
We had to learn a lot of complex grammatical items such as gender, oblique case, and dative case.
Can I use parallelism to justify the non-use of THE in the two sentences? -- If you must, but repeating the definite article is preferable there.
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