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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The or no The?

I am puzzled which form is correct:

"The venture I am now working on aims at..."

or

"Venture I am now working on aims at..." 

or 

"A venture I am now working on aims at..." 

In the text I previously mentioned projects I compleated and this is the first refference to the one I am working on right now.
  

Top answer

" -- Wrong. " -- Both are possible. According to the usual rule, you would use "a" if you hadn't previously mentioned this particular venture, otherwise "the".

— Mr Wordy

  • " -- Wrong.
  • " -- Both are possible.
  • According to the usual rule, you would use "a" if you hadn't previously mentioned this particular venture, otherwise "the".
  • In this case, though, you're defining this particular venture with "...
  • I am now working on", so "the" is also OK.
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"Venture I am now working on aims at..." -- Wrong.

"A/The venture I am now working on aims at..." -- Both are possible. According to the usual rule, you would use "a" if you hadn't previously mentioned this particular venture, otherwise "the". In this case, though, you're defining this particular venture with "... I am now working on", so "the" is also OK. It's quite hard to expla
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Thanks! Articles are nearly impossible to comprahend for native speakers of languages where there are no articles.
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