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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

You should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in bus.

Hello.

Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

You should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in bus.

I saw it in my program to learn English and it made me wonder why an author hadn't used 'a bus' or 'the bus'...
  

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Reegis s the sentence below grammatically correct? Not quite. You should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in a/the bus .

— Mister Micawber

  • Reegis s the sentence below grammatically correct?
  • Not quite.
  • You should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in a/the bus .
  • Reegis it made me wonder why the author hadn't used 'a bus' or 'the bus'.
  • Indeed!
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Reegiss the sentence below grammatically correct?
Not quite.

You should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in a/the bus.
Reegis it made me wonder why the author hadn't used 'a bus' or 'the bus'.
Indeed!
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Mister MicawberYou should be alert if you see an abandoned bag in a/the bus.
Does it make any difference if we use 'a bus' or 'the bus' in this case?
Mister Micawber it made me wonder why the author hadn't used 'a bus' or 'the bus'.
I have noticed you changed 'an author' to 'the author' - could you please explain why it is t
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ReegisDoes it make any difference if we use 'a bus' or 'the bus' in this case?
I see none.
ReegisI have noticed you changed 'an author' to 'the author' - could you please explain why it is the correct version? Perhaps because there is only one author of this sentence?
Right.
ReegisI used 'an author' b
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