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Victor_amelkin Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"The watch can display [the?] time."

Suggest please, is the definite article must precede "time" in the

following sentence:

"The watch can display [the?] time." (Not any particular time, but
time in general.)

Thanks in advance.

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Victor
  

Top answer

"The watch can display [ the? ) In my opinion, "the" would always be needed in this sentence. I suppose you could argue that a "stopwatch" can "display" elapsing time, but that would be quite special.

— Avangi

  • "The watch can display [ the?
  • ) In my opinion, "the" would always be needed in this sentence.
  • I suppose you could argue that a "stopwatch" can "display" elapsing time, but that would be quite special.
  • The watch displays the time of day .
  • " We're usually referring to the time of day.
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"The watch can display [the?] time." (Not any particular time, but
time in general.)


In my opinion, "the" would always be needed in this sentence.

I suppose you could argue that a "stopwatch" can "display" elapsing time, but that would be quite special.

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AvangiAn exception might be, "When you have the time, how about giving me a hand?"
How is this an exception to the inclusion of the?
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victor_amelkin"The watch can display [the?] time."
I thought all watches were specifically designed to display the time, so I find the sentence a bit anomalous.
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CalifJim
AvangiAn exception might be, "When you have the time, how about giving me a hand?"
How is this an exception to the inclusion of the?
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