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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

the is omitted

"Yes, this is real life..."
(https://twitter.com/meanpIastic/status/796230189701206016)

I want to know whether it is clear to think that 'the' is omitted as in "Yes, this is the real life..."
  

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" "This is the life" and "This is real life" are very very different.

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  • " "This is the life" and "This is real life" are very very different.
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I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but native speakers would never say "this is the real life."

"This is the life" and "This is real life" are very very different.
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No, "real life" is a set phrase that is used uncountably. "this is the real life" is not idiomatic (at least, not in the sense used here).
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GPYused uncountably
... though there is no grammatical restriction that prevents 'the' with uncountable nouns, so I'm not so sure that the countability status of 'real life' is a reason for the lack of 'the'. Perhaps it's more to do with the abstractness of 'real life'?

CJ
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