The recent UN resolution concerned the situation of women in Africa.
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The recent UN resolution concerned the situation of women in Africa.
- Is this sentence grammatically correct?
- Does the author put 'the' before 'situation' because he assumes that listeners already know which situation he means? Well, I mean - does this explanation make sense or there might be some other grammatical explanations?
- Is 'recent' unambiguous here and simply means 'happening not a long time ago'? Or can we deduce that this 'UN resolution' might be the last/newest one?
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Reegis - Is this sentence grammatically correct? Yes. Reegis - Does the author put 'the' before 'situation' because he assumes that listeners already know which situation he means?
- Reegis - Is this sentence grammatically correct?
- Yes.
- Reegis - Does the author put 'the' before 'situation' because he assumes that listeners already know which situation he means?
- No, because "of women in Africa" explains which situation is meant.
- Reegis - Is 'recent' unambiguous here and simply means 'happening not a long time ago'?
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Reegis- Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Yes.
Reegis- Does the author put 'the' before 'situation' because he assumes that listeners already know which situation he means?
No, because "of women in Africa" explains which situation is meant.
Reegis- Is 'recent' unambiguous here and
0
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