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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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the use of "the"
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I came across two different versions of what appears to be the same sentences. P/S give me the reasons behind the their apparent uses.
1) the wide availability of ultrasound equipment
2) a wide availability of ultrasound equipment
I came across two different versions of what appears to be the same sentences. P/S give me the reasons behind the their apparent uses.
1) the wide availability of ultrasound equipment
2) a wide availability of ultrasound equipment
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I can't give you a reason for the two variations without seeing (at least) the entire sentence, except to say that someone was obviously trying to change the meaning of what was written. I can tell you that the first example suggests, simply, that a wide availability of equipment is a fact, whereas the second one implies such a wide availability to be more conditional.
- I can't give you a reason for the two variations without seeing (at least) the entire sentence, except to say that someone was obviously trying to change the meaning of what was written.
- I can tell you that the first example suggests, simply, that a wide availability of equipment is a fact, whereas the second one implies such a wide availability to be more conditional.
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I can't give you a reason for the two variations without seeing (at least) the entire sentence, except to say that someone was obviously trying to change the meaning of what was written. I can tell you that the first example suggests, simply, that a wide availability of equipment is a fact, whereas the second one implies such a wide availability to be more conditional.
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