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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The tick or a tick of it?
Hi. Please help. Should there be the definite article "the" before the word "tick" in the following example sentence?
Or could we use the indefinite article "a" before the word "tick" in the same example sentence?
To him, eighty years is like the (a?) tick of an analogue watch.
Could we use the indefinite artcle "a" before the word "tick"?
Or could we use the indefinite article "a" before the word "tick" in the same example sentence?
To him, eighty years is like the (a?) tick of an analogue watch.
Could we use the indefinite artcle "a" before the word "tick"?
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Anonymous Could we use the indefinite artcle "a" before the word "tick"? Yes. I find it better than the definite article.
- Anonymous Could we use the indefinite artcle "a" before the word "tick"?
- Yes.
- I find it better than the definite article.
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AnonymousCould we use the indefinite artcle "a" before the word "tick"?Yes. I find it better than the definite article.
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