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AndyOrban Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The + plural
Hi. Can you use the definite article for comparing (one noun is emphasized to mean that it's one and not the other)?
For example:
Are these pens?
No, these are pens. Those over there are the pencils.
Do you use the definite article like that? Would dropping the definite article before "pencils" be okay as well? For example:
No, these are pens. Those over there are pencils.
For example:
Are these pens?
No, these are pens. Those over there are the pencils.
Do you use the definite article like that? Would dropping the definite article before "pencils" be okay as well? For example:
No, these are pens. Those over there are pencils.
Top answer
Sorry, I made a mistake. The example should have been reversed: Are these pens? No, these are pencils.
- Sorry, I made a mistake.
- The example should have been reversed: Are these pens?
- No, these are pencils.
- Those over there are (the ) pens.
- The questions re definite article are still the same, sorry for the confusion.
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Sorry, I made a mistake. The example should have been reversed:
Are these pens?
No, these are pencils. Those over there are (the) pens.
The questions re definite article are still the same, sorry for the confusion.
Are these pens?
No, these are pencils. Those over there are (the) pens.
The questions re definite article are still the same, sorry for the confusion.
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