The female mosquito /adult mosquito

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00Can I say,02br
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00The female mosquito /adult mosquito lay eggs in / into the stagnant water.02br
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00I wouldn't say 'adult'. I'd say either 'female mosquito' or just 'mosquito'.02br
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00'In', not 'into'.02br
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00Omit the second 'the'.02br
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00Clive02br

1font00Hi Clive02font02br
01font00Why the second 'the' should be omitted? I will also add 'the' before 'stagnant water' if I write the sentence. Could you explain more clearly where 'the' should be used or not? (Can I express like this "more clearly"?)02font02br
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0 Hi Jing,02br
00While you are waiting for Clive's answer, here is my take to you question on "the".02br
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00The - is a funny article and there are times01b00 the02b00 rules don't seem to work but typically when we use "the" we refer to something specifc.02br
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00If we say 00"the pond behind the ho

0 Hi,02br
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00Goodman has explained about 'the'.02br
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1font00Hello Goodman. Your explaination is helpful very much. Thank you very much! But I still have questions.02font02br
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0Hi Jing,02br
00Here is how I would break it down:02br
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00When we make a general statement such as 00"Apples are good for your health00", we mean apples (pluralized) in general. It's not just one apple. Are you ok with that?02br
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00Now, with "01i01font00The female mosquito lays eggs in (the)

0 The female mosquito...02br
00A female mosquito...02br
00Female mosquitos...02br
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00All are accepted. In academic contexts you are most likely to see the first version.0-

0 Actually a *** steer, sorry Goodman.02br
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01b00"The02b00 snake is representative of strength, power, ferocity, and cunning."02br
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00"Both 01b00a02b00/01b00n02b00 and 01b00the02b00 can indicate that the countable noun is referring to the whole class"02br

0 Hi Anon,02br
00Al00l are00 accepted. In academic contexts you are most likely to see the first version. 00Can you showsome examples please!02br
00I made it clear in my past posts. "The" is sometime not definable by rules. But ths is not the case here. For the 00mosquito00 reference, 00"the mosquito lays eggs in the water"00 demomstrated illog