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Maria D Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
to protect wildlife and the environment
Hello!
Could you help me, please? Why do we use no article before "wildlife" and use "the" before "environment" in the following sentence:
Most people want to protect wildlife and the environment.
Thank you!
Could you help me, please? Why do we use no article before "wildlife" and use "the" before "environment" in the following sentence:
Most people want to protect wildlife and the environment.
Thank you!
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You have a good question, Maria D. The only reason I can think of is that people use no article before wildlife but they do use the before environment. Space and universe are fairly similar in meaning, but the use of articles with them is different: We need to explore space.
- You have a good question, Maria D.
- The only reason I can think of is that people use no article before wildlife but they do use the before environment.
- Space and universe are fairly similar in meaning, but the use of articles with them is different: We need to explore space.
- We don't know everything about the universe.
- CB
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You have a good question, Maria D. The only reason I can think of is that people use no article before wildlife but they do use the before environment. Space and universe are fairly similar in meaning, but the use of articles with them is different:
We need to explore space.
We don't know everything about the universe.
We need to explore space.
We don't know everything about the universe.
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