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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
The chemical alteration
Drug metabolism is the chemical alteration of a drug by the body.
https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/drugs/administration-and-kinetics-of-drugs/drug-metabolism
Please explain the use of "the" in "chemical alteration".
Does it refer to "alteration" which I think must be countable?
Why "a" doesn't fit here?
https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/drugs/administration-and-kinetics-of-drugs/drug-metabolism
Please explain the use of "the" in "chemical alteration".
Does it refer to "alteration" which I think must be countable?
Why "a" doesn't fit here?
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Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "the" in to modify "chemical alteration". Does it refer to "alteration" which I think must be countable? Why doesn't "a" doesn't fit here?
- Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "the" in to modify "chemical alteration".
- Does it refer to "alteration" which I think must be countable?
- Why doesn't "a" doesn't fit here?
- This is not about being countable or uncountable.
- The reason "the" is used instead of "a" is that we are talking about a specific and unique alteration "of a drug, by the body".
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the use of "the"into modify "chemical alteration". Does it refer to "alteration" which I think must be countable? Why doesn't "a"doesn'tfit here?
This is not about being countable or uncountable. The reason "the" is us
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I'll tell you something but it's just my own observation. So I'm not telling you to take it as a rule.
Most of times, I notice that any definition to a concept in English usually starts with "the".
The second thing that I wonder about is, why would you relate using "the" with being a countable or an uncountable noun?
Based on my understanding, "the" has nothing to do with co
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