The tourists / tourists visited the city museum.
Hello.
Is my understanding of the senetences below correct?
1) Tourists visited the city museum.
2) The tourists visited the city museum.
#1 contains implied 'some' before 'tourists', so means that there were some tourists that visited the city museum.
In #2 the group of tourists is defined and both the speaker and the receiver know which tourists are meant here.
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HI Reegis I'd say you have that exactly right. A plural noun without a determiner, like that, implies 'some'. The determiner 'the', like that, implies that we both know which tourists are meant.
- HI Reegis I'd say you have that exactly right.
- A plural noun without a determiner, like that, implies 'some'.
- The determiner 'the', like that, implies that we both know which tourists are meant.
- I can't add anything more to that Regards, Dave
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HI Reegis
I'd say you have that exactly right. A plural noun without a determiner, like that, implies 'some'. The determiner 'the', like that, implies that we both know which tourists are meant. I can't add anything more to that
Regards, Dave
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