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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
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The needed?

"Scientists were able to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and record how it lit up as the readers encountered unusual words, surprising phrases or difficult sentenit structures."

Here, don't you need "the" before the first word "Scientists" since this report sounds like one particular analysis and not all scientists in the world got involved in it

I am so confused

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deborahjeong Here, don't you need "the" before the first word "Scientists" since this report sounds like one particular analysis and not all scientists in the world got involved in it No. Haven't you already asked this about a very similar sentence? This is the first mention of scientists, and it refers to a professional group: Scientists (not engineers ) were able to study the brain.

  • deborahjeong Here, don't you need "the" before the first word "Scientists" since this report sounds like one particular analysis and not all scientists in the world got involved in it No.
  • Haven't you already asked this about a very similar sentence?
  • This is the first mention of scientists, and it refers to a professional group: Scientists (not engineers ) were able to study the brain.
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deborahjeongHere, don't you need "the" before the first word "Scientists" since this report sounds like one particular analysis and not all scientists in the world got involved in it

No. Haven't you already asked this about a very similar sentence? This is the first mention of scientists, and it refers to a professional group: Scientists (not eng

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