"The" duck is a bird?
Hi there,
Recently, I've seen some sentences like, "The duck is a bird." and "The camel is the ship of the desert."
However, when it comes to human beings, a sentence would be "Man is immortal."
Why do we use "the" for animals that have a characteristic while for human we don't need an article? Why don't we say "Duck is a bird." or "Camel is the ship of the desert." instead?
Thank you!
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Tiffany Tsou Why do we use "the" for animals that have a characteristic while for human we don't need an article? " instead? Good question.
- Tiffany Tsou Why do we use "the" for animals that have a characteristic while for human we don't need an article?
- " instead?
- Good question.
- No reason.
- If the ducks or camels had invented English, I'll bet it would be the other way around.
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Tiffany TsouWhy do we use "the" for animals that have a characteristic while for human we don't need an article? Why don't we say "Duck is a bird." or "Camel is the ship of the desert." instead?
Good question. No reason. If the ducks or camels had invented English, I'll bet it would be the other way around. I guess "man" means "humanity", and there is no wo
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