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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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the science class?

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0You can put "the" in front of any type of class, it just changes the meaning slighty. Adding a definite article makes it clear that one is talking about one single instance of a class, rather than a class taken over the course of, let's say, a whole semester. 02br 02br 01i 00He was absent from 01u 00the class02u 00.

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  • 0You can put "the" in front of any type of class, it just changes the meaning slighty.
  • Adding a definite article makes it clear that one is talking about one single instance of a class, rather than a class taken over the course of, let's say, a whole semester.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00He was absent from 01u 00the class02u 00.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00He was absent from 01u 00class02u 00.
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0You can put "the" in front of any type of class, it just changes the meaning slighty. Adding a definite article makes it clear that one is talking about one single instance of a class, rather than a class taken over the course of, let's say, a whole semester. Adding "science" doesn't change the meaning except to make clear what type of class is being discussed.02br
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