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Magic-dragon Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
The report says vs report says
Would you answer my question? A: The report says fewer and fewer youths are having personal computers.B: Report says fewer and fewer youths are having personal computers. What's the difference between "the report" in A and "report" in B?
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Magic-dragon The report says fewer and fewer youths are having have personal computers. As shown. "report" is a singular countable common noun.
- Magic-dragon The report says fewer and fewer youths are having have personal computers.
- As shown.
- "report" is a singular countable common noun.
- Therefore it cannot stand alone.
- It needs "a" or "the" or "my" or "this" or some other determiner.
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Magic-dragonThe report says fewer and fewer youthsare havinghave personal computers.
As shown.
"report" is a singular countable common noun. Therefore it cannot stand alone. It needs "a" or "the" or "my" or "this" or some other determiner.
"have" cannot be used in a continuous tense when
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