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Reegis Posted 7 years ago
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The price we were quoted was fair, especially considering [the] current market prices.
Hello.
Recently I have seen the following sentence:
The price we were quoted was fair, especially considering current market prices.
And I am wondering whether we shouldn't add 'the' before 'current market prices'. Could you please help?
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The price we were quoted was fair, especially considering the current market prices. The use of the definite article makes this a specific reference. In other words, it sounds like the writer thinks the reader will be familiar with current market prices. The price we were quoted was fair, especially considering current market prices.The lack of an article makes this a genera
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