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TeacherJapan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

The or a?

Human beings have the/a natural ability to use language. Will either choice possible?

I tend to use “the” when the ability is characterized by an infinitive phrase.

  

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I think I would naturally use "a", but "the" is also acceptable. t1%3B%2Chave%20a%20natural%20ability%20to%3B%2Cc0

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  • I think I would naturally use "a", but "the" is also acceptable.
  • t1%3B%2Chave%20a%20natural%20ability%20to%3B%2Cc0
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I think I would naturally use "a", but "the" is also acceptable. This shows the relative frequencies according to Google "Ngrams":

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