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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
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00 «Ironically if it was nuclear testing in the Pacific that awakened Godzilla» — could you please tell me why there's no article before "nuclear"? 0-
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00 «Ironically if it was nuclear testing in the Pacific that awakened Godzilla» — could you please tell me why there's no article before "nuclear"? 0-
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0 The word 'testing' suggests the general activity of 'doing various tests'. With respect to the indefinite article, nuclear testing suggests multiple tests, so the word 'a' would not be not appropriate: 02 br 02 br 00 - 01 i 00 nuclear testing 02 i 00 vs 01 i 00 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 nuclear 01 b 00 test 02 b 00 02 i 02 br 00 With respect the the definite article, the use of the word 'the' would refer back to an already mentioned or specific group of nuclear tests. For example: 02 br 00 - 01 i 00 Nuclear testing was done throughout the 1900s.
- 0 The word 'testing' suggests the general activity of 'doing various tests'.
- With respect to the indefinite article, nuclear testing suggests multiple tests, so the word 'a' would not be not appropriate: 02 br 02 br 00 - 01 i 00 nuclear testing 02 i 00 vs 01 i 00 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 nuclear 01 b 00 test 02 b 00 02 i 02 br 00 With respect the the definite article, the use of the word 'the' would refer back to an already mentioned or specific group of nuclear tests.
- For example: 02 br 00 - 01 i 00 Nuclear testing was done throughout the 1900s.
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0 The word 'testing' suggests the general activity of 'doing various tests'. With respect to the indefinite article, nuclear testing suggests multiple tests, so the word 'a' would not be not appropriate: 02 br
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1 b 00 What about this? Food processing? 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Food processing 02 b 00 is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw 01 u 00 02 u 05 0 00 into 05 1 00 for 05 2 00 by 05 3 00 or animals. The 01 i 05 4 02 i 00 utilizes these processes. Food processing often takes clean, 05 5
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01 b 00 Food processing 02 b 00 is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw 01 u 00 02 u 05 0 00 into 05 1 00 for 05 2 00 by 05 3 00 or animals. The 01 i 05 4 02 i 00 utilizes these processes. Food processing often takes clean, 05 5
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