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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
two questions for me
Hi,
Help me with these two.
1. Why "a Middle East" and not "the Middle East"? Sorry if the sentence is not complete or sufficient in length to answer.
In a Middle East ..
2. What does this phrase mean?
... with nary a monster shouting Boo!
Help me with these two.
1. Why "a Middle East" and not "the Middle East"? Sorry if the sentence is not complete or sufficient in length to answer.
In a Middle East ..
2. What does this phrase mean?
... with nary a monster shouting Boo!
Top answer
A Middle-East country. In the Middle East. Which determiner to be used comes down to what context the phrase sits in.
- A Middle-East country.
- In the Middle East.
- Which determiner to be used comes down to what context the phrase sits in.
- nary means none.
- would not say boo to a goose is the idiom reading it enters my mind.
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A Middle-East country.
In the Middle East.
Which determiner to be used comes down to what context the phrase sits in.
nary means none.
would not say boo to a goose is the idiom reading it enters my mind.
In the Middle East.
Which determiner to be used comes down to what context the phrase sits in.
nary means none.
would not say boo to a goose is the idiom reading it enters my mind.
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2. Need more context here.
Probably:
without a big cry of disapproval (boo)
Probably:
without a big cry of disapproval (boo)
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