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Victork Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
(The) wine is cheap
Hello!
Here is the context:
"You should come here to Italy. Beautiful architecture. Friendly people. Wine is cheap".
In the context above, is it allowed if I omit the definite "the" article? I mean wine in general in Italy. I like it better than "the wine", but I want to make sure it is okay.
Thank you!
Here is the context:
"You should come here to Italy. Beautiful architecture. Friendly people. Wine is cheap".
In the context above, is it allowed if I omit the definite "the" article? I mean wine in general in Italy. I like it better than "the wine", but I want to make sure it is okay.
Thank you!
Top answer
It depends on whether you want to stress the cheapness of wine in general ( wine ) or of Italian wine ( the wine ).
- It depends on whether you want to stress the cheapness of wine in general ( wine ) or of Italian wine ( the wine ).
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It depends on whether you want to stress the cheapness of wine in general (wine) or of Italian wine (the wine).
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Fivejedjon,
Wine in general but in Italy. I am referring only to wines in Italy (not in France or Argentina). I am not concerning about stressing, but I do want to make it clear that I am only referring to wines in Italy. Is it grammatically acceptable to omit the article in that case?
Wine in general but in Italy. I am referring only to wines in Italy (not in France or Argentina). I am not concerning about stressing, but I do want to make it clear that I am only referring to wines in Italy. Is it grammatically acceptable to omit the article in that case?
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