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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Theft from/of
I have often seen the following types of sentences in the dailies:
1. The police arrested the couple for theft from the newsvendor.
2. Police detained him for theft from the shop.
I have two questions about the above two sentences:
One, is it true that words like "police" need not be preceded by an article in a construction like No. 1?
Two, wouldn't it be clearer if it had been worded "...arrested/detained someone for theft of something from some place..."?
Could someone help me?
1. The police arrested the couple for theft from the newsvendor.
2. Police detained him for theft from the shop.
I have two questions about the above two sentences:
One, is it true that words like "police" need not be preceded by an article in a construction like No. 1?
Two, wouldn't it be clearer if it had been worded "...arrested/detained someone for theft of something from some place..."?
Could someone help me?
Top answer
Selvakumar One, is it true that words like "police" need not be preceded by an article in a construction like No. 1? That is true.
- Selvakumar One, is it true that words like "police" need not be preceded by an article in a construction like No.
- 1?
- That is true.
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- No.
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SelvakumarOne, is it true that words like "police" need not be preceded by an article in a construction like No. 1?That is true.
SelvakumarTwo, wouldn't it be clearer if it had been worded "...arrested/detained someone for theft of something from some place..."?No. I find it quite clear so long as I am not interested in w
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