With or without definite article
a) Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices.
b) Warehouse clubs allow the members to buy goods at wholesale prices.
I assume that the sentence a) suggests warehouse clubs permit some of the members, not all the members, to purchase items at the prices by comparison with the b).
Could I trouble you to tell me whether or not my deduction is correct?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
No, (a) would normally be understood to refer to all members. The article in (b) seems superfluous, or seems like an inferior substitute for "their".
- No, (a) would normally be understood to refer to all members.
- The article in (b) seems superfluous, or seems like an inferior substitute for "their".
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No, (a) would normally be understood to refer to all members. The article in (b) seems superfluous, or seems like an inferior substitute for "their".
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