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Morr Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
(The) water
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"We've just built a swimming pool. But where is the water going to come from?"
"We've just built a swimming pool. Now we need to find water for it."
I included the definite article "the" in my first example (it's the water that's going to be in the pool), but skipped it in the second (we need to find some water - unspecified). Am I right or wrong?
"We've just built a swimming pool. But where is the water going to come from?"
"We've just built a swimming pool. Now we need to find water for it."
I included the definite article "the" in my first example (it's the water that's going to be in the pool), but skipped it in the second (we need to find some water - unspecified). Am I right or wrong?
Top answer
morr "We've just built a swimming pool. " Fine as written. You can't omit "the" in this one.
- morr "We've just built a swimming pool.
- " Fine as written.
- You can't omit "the" in this one.
- morr "We've just built a swimming pool.
- " Fine with or without "the".
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morr"We've just built a swimming pool. But where is the water going to come from?"Fine as written. You can't omit "the" in this one.
morr"We've just built a swimming pool. Now we need to find water for it."Fine with or without "the".
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