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Ant_222 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Why no article?

0Good time-of-day to all,02br
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00Could you please help me with this sentence:02br
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00«Elements of an array (Euphoria sequence) can be a dynamic mixture of different types and sizes of data.»02br
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00I can't see a reason for omiiting a "the" in the beginning of the sentence.0-
  

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0Good afternoon,02br
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01font00«Elements of an array (Euphoria sequence) can be a dynamic mixture of different types and sizes of data.»02font02br
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01font00I can't see a reason for omitting a "the" in the beginning of the sentence.02font00 It's a general reference, as is t
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0Hmmm...02br
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00So would "The elements of an array..." be incorrect in that sentence?02br
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00Have nice beforenoon, Anton.02br
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00EDIT: What about these ones:02br
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00«In Java, the elements of an array can be of another array type.»02br
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00«The elements of an array can be of any
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0Good evening,02br
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00It's 8:41pm where I live.02br
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01font00So would "The elements of an array..." be incorrect in that sentence?02font00 Sounds fine, there's not much difference. It perhaps suggests that all arrays have elements, which I guess is probably true.02br
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0Good moment!02br
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00«These all sound fine. It doesn't make much difference.»02br
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00Ok, thanks, 02br
00And good afternight!02br
00 Anton0-
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