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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Two sets of questions on articles
Can you please tell me why there are the articles thes here?
1. The last two things this nation needs ...
2. Having lived in Japan for the most of his life, ...
3. Yoneed a very large vocabulary.
4. The answer to all these questions is a Yes. (Can it be, "The answer to all these questions is "Yes.")
Sorry this just came up, would you still place a period inside the word "Yes"?
Would you include the article "the" in the place indicated?
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I know for those expressions involving dates the articles can be omitted but for the words like "page," are they still optional?
1. The last two things this nation needs ...
2. Having lived in Japan for the most of his life, ...
3. Yoneed a very large vocabulary.
4. The answer to all these questions is a Yes. (Can it be, "The answer to all these questions is "Yes.")
Sorry this just came up, would you still place a period inside the word "Yes"?
Would you include the article "the" in the place indicated?
See PRESCREEN NOTICE on (the???) next page for more information about prescreened offers.
I know for those expressions involving dates the articles can be omitted but for the words like "page," are they still optional?
Top answer
1. Two specific things are being mentioned, so the is required. 2.
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- Two specific things are being mentioned, so the is required.
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- the should be omitted.
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1. Two specific things are being mentioned, so the is required.
2. the should be omitted.
3. vocabulary cannot take the because the idea is not that you need some specific vocabulary but that you need any vocabulary, just so long as it is very large. [I / you / ...] need a ... is a typical pattern for saying the sort of thing that
2. the should be omitted.
3. vocabulary cannot take the because the idea is not that you need some specific vocabulary but that you need any vocabulary, just so long as it is very large. [I / you / ...] need a ... is a typical pattern for saying the sort of thing that
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