When to omit “the”
Is “the” necessary before “details” in the following sentence and why?:
“Several theories of x have been proposed. Although details differ between these theories, they agree on many important points.”
Top answer
: It is better without it, but you see it both ways. You mean "various details—it is not important here which ones", so no "the". By the way, you have an orphan pronoun there, "they".
- : It is better without it, but you see it both ways.
- You mean "various details—it is not important here which ones", so no "the".
- By the way, you have an orphan pronoun there, "they".
- You mean that the theories agree, but "they" wants to attach to "details".
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lifelong learnerIs “the” necessary before “details” in the following sentence and why?:
It is better without it, but you see it both ways. You mean "various details—it is not important here which ones", so no "the". By the way, you have an orphan pronoun there, "they". You mean that the theories agree, but "they" wants to attach to "details". Maybe "Althoug
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