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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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THE: In or Out?
Two choices:
A) XYZ™ beverage company has created a machine which delivers bottles of water to the over 6 billion worldwide fluid-drinkers in an awesome way that revolutionizes hydration!
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B) XYZ™ beverage company has created a machine which delivers bottles of water to 6 billion worldwide fluid-drinkers in an awesome way that revolutionizes hydration!
An associate and I are at odds over my preference of statement A because it is "true" but still benefits from the impressive global populous of potential consumers...however, my colleague wants to take out the word 'the' on grounds that it is "improper" somehow and use line B in our corporate literature.
I say that taking out 'the' is a gross misstatement and could turn off investors as an outright untruth; however, if there's better language I should be using - I'm only partial to the best solution. (!) Not being a stickler, I fear.
Please help.
Cheers!
A) XYZ™ beverage company has created a machine which delivers bottles of water to the over 6 billion worldwide fluid-drinkers in an awesome way that revolutionizes hydration!
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B) XYZ™ beverage company has created a machine which delivers bottles of water to 6 billion worldwide fluid-drinkers in an awesome way that revolutionizes hydration!
An associate and I are at odds over my preference of statement A because it is "true" but still benefits from the impressive global populous of potential consumers...however, my colleague wants to take out the word 'the' on grounds that it is "improper" somehow and use line B in our corporate literature.
I say that taking out 'the' is a gross misstatement and could turn off investors as an outright untruth; however, if there's better language I should be using - I'm only partial to the best solution. (!) Not being a stickler, I fear.
Please help.
Cheers!
Top answer
Both statements are gross misstatements because the company or its machine delivers to only a small fraction of the world population. Your argument about 'the' doesn't hold water, however, anyway. 'The' is optional, but I would omit it as unnecessary.
- Both statements are gross misstatements because the company or its machine delivers to only a small fraction of the world population.
- Your argument about 'the' doesn't hold water, however, anyway.
- 'The' is optional, but I would omit it as unnecessary.
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Both statements are gross misstatements because the company or its machine delivers to only a small fraction of the world population. Your argument about 'the' doesn't hold water, however, anyway. 'The' is optional, but I would omit it as unnecessary.
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