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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Transportation fee (article)

Hello Teachers,

This comes from a text written in America:

Transportation fee - this is a fee that is charged by the carrier for serving the customer.

Neither the carrier nor the customer has been mentioned. Why 'the carrier/customer'?

My English tutor says:
1. Since there is a transportation fee mentioned, in the absence of any prior context/mention, the context can be assumed to be there, with a specific carrier and customer. So 'the carrier/customer' is appropriate and correct.

But he says 'a carrier/a customer' is correct as well. It's up to me.

I am not sure if I explained what he said well. Does that make sense to you? 
  

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Anonymous Does that make sense to you? Yes. You have a good tutor.

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AnonymousDoes that make sense to you?
Yes.
You have a good tutor.
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousDoes that make sense to you? Yes.You have a good tutor.
Thank you very much for responding and for your kind comment, AlpheccaStars. I like him, too!

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