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Gudrun Posted 10 years ago
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(The) mushrooms - article needed?
Hello,
Could someone please help me with this sentence?
We decided to go the woods to pick mushrooms. There were a lot of us, each one of us had a basket, and we liked to be active. So, once we were in the woods, every one of us was busy pickingthe mushrooms.
I decided to omit the definite article before my 2nd mention of "mushrooms" because they are still not definite enough for me. It's still non-specific, "some".
(Sorry for posting this again, but no one answered the first time).
Could someone please help me with this sentence?
We decided to go the woods to pick mushrooms. There were a lot of us, each one of us had a basket, and we liked to be active. So, once we were in the woods, every one of us was busy picking
I decided to omit the definite article before my 2nd mention of "mushrooms" because they are still not definite enough for me. It's still non-specific, "some".
(Sorry for posting this again, but no one answered the first time).
Top answer
Don't want to confuse you, but I think you are right about not using 'the'. Let's waite for someone else's opinion.
- Don't want to confuse you, but I think you are right about not using 'the'.
- Let's waite for someone else's opinion.
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Don't want to confuse you, but I think you are right about not using 'the'. Let's waite for someone else's opinion.
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GudrunWe decided to go the woodsWe decided to go to the woods
GudrunI decided to omit the definite article before my 2nd mention of "mushrooms" because they are still not definite enough for me. It's still non-specific, "some".That's correct.
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GudrunI decided to omit the definite article before my 2nd mention of "mushrooms" because they are still not definite enough for me. It's still non-specific, "some".Correct. Most of the time in situations of searching, the definite article doesn't come into it because you can't yet specifically identify what you find before you find it.
CJ
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CalifJim GudrunI decided to omit the definite article before my 2nd mention of "mushrooms" because they are still not definite enough for me. It's still non-specific, "some".Correct. Most of the time in situations of searching, the definite article doesn't come into it because you can't yet specifically identify what you find before you find it.CJThank you, C
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