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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
winter/the winter
Hello,
Which one would sounds better in:
A: What's your favorite time of the ear?
B: Winter/The winter.
And here: "The winter/Winter is my favorite time of the year".
I've heard people use both, but that's probably not right.
Which one would sounds better in:
A: What's your favorite time of the ear?
B: Winter/The winter.
And here: "The winter/Winter is my favorite time of the year".
I've heard people use both, but that's probably not right.
Top answer
Gene93 Which one would sounds sound better Just use "winter" without "the". CJ
- Gene93 Which one would sounds sound better Just use "winter" without "the".
- CJ
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Gene93Which one wouldJust use "winter" without "the".soundssound better
CJ
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CalifJimwithout "the".I usually omit "the". How does it make the sentence sound odd? The summer/winter is... would refer to the two seasons in general, not the summer of 69.
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Gene93Would: "Spring arrived late this year" and "It's getting colder. Winter is definitely on its way" sound better than the versions with "the"?Yes. It's almost as if the names of seasons are the names of people.
The Joseph is on his way for Joseph is on his way is about as strange as The winter
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