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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The mountains / mountains
Dear teachers,
Hello.
In my workbook of English grammar,
there are two sentences as examples.
1. I don't climb the mountains because I like them.
2. I never climb mountains without carrying a camera.
Today I noticed there was "the" in front of "mountains" in sentence 1
and there was not in sentence 2.
I searched "the mountains" in this site and got some idea as follows.
I would like to know if this is correct.
Sentence 1 says "the mountains" because the person who says this sentence is having in his/her mind some specific mountains (maybe
which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence.
Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not
climb any mountains. (means this sentence shows his/her general idea
about his/her climbing mountains.)
Is this correct?
Even if this is correct, there still remains one question for me
regarding sentence 1.
If it does not have "the" in front of mountains,
"I don't climb mountains because I like them.",
still this is grammatically correct
and this shows his/her general idea about he/she and his/her climbing.
Is this also correct?
Warmest regards,
blissfarm
Hello.
In my workbook of English grammar,
there are two sentences as examples.
1. I don't climb the mountains because I like them.
2. I never climb mountains without carrying a camera.
Today I noticed there was "the" in front of "mountains" in sentence 1
and there was not in sentence 2.
I searched "the mountains" in this site and got some idea as follows.
I would like to know if this is correct.
Sentence 1 says "the mountains" because the person who says this sentence is having in his/her mind some specific mountains (maybe
which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence.
Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not
climb any mountains. (means this sentence shows his/her general idea
about his/her climbing mountains.)
Is this correct?
Even if this is correct, there still remains one question for me
regarding sentence 1.
If it does not have "the" in front of mountains,
"I don't climb mountains because I like them.",
still this is grammatically correct
and this shows his/her general idea about he/she and his/her climbing.
Is this also correct?
Warmest regards,
blissfarm
Top answer
Sentence 1 says "the mountains" because the person who says this sentence is having in his/her mind some specific mountains (maybe which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence. Yes, I read it the same way. Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not climb any mountains.
- Sentence 1 says "the mountains" because the person who says this sentence is having in his/her mind some specific mountains (maybe which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence.
- Yes, I read it the same way.
- Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not climb any mountains.
- ) Yes.
- ", still this is grammatically correct and this shows his/her general idea about his/her climbing.
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Sentence 1 says "the mountains" because the person who says this sentence is having in his/her mind some specific mountains (maybe
which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence. Yes, I read it the same way.
Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not
climb any mountains. (means this sentence shows his/her general idea
about hi
which he/she has climbed already or else) when he/she says this sentence. Yes, I read it the same way.
Sentence 2 says "mountains" because he/she does not / would not
climb any mountains. (means this sentence shows his/her general idea
about hi
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Anonymous1. I don't climb the mountains because I like themTo me, the interesting thing about sentence #1 is its ambiguity -- does the speaker climb the mountains or not?
I don't climb the mountains because I like them -- I climb them to prove what a rugged individual I am!
vs.
I don't climb the mountains, because I like them (the w
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Dear AlpheccaStars,
Thank you very much for your reply!
Can you imagine how good I am feeling now because, from your reply,
I can tell I have understood articles a little more than before?
Thank you again!
Warmest regards,
blissfarm
Thank you very much for your reply!
Can you imagine how good I am feeling now because, from your reply,
I can tell I have understood articles a little more than before?
Thank you again!
Warmest regards,
blissfarm
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Dear khoff,
Thank you very much for your interest and reply!
These sentences are on my workbook of English grammar.
And sentence 1 seems to be written as an example
to tell English learners to be careful about the usage of "because", I think.
It does not have "," before "because".
As you kindly wrote, if there is, then the meaning becomes
Thank you very much for your interest and reply!
These sentences are on my workbook of English grammar.
And sentence 1 seems to be written as an example
to tell English learners to be careful about the usage of "because", I think.
It does not have "," before "because".
As you kindly wrote, if there is, then the meaning becomes
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Anonymous"He has three daughters whose hair are brown."This is not right; this one is:
"He has three daughters whose hair is brown."
Hair is always singular when used in this way.
It is better to write:
"He has three daughters who have brown hair."
"He has three brunette daughters."
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