Question

Write the or a where necessary.

1. On --- August 20 th, 1887, a group of workers were sitting at the edge of..... cornfield where they were having.... lunch.

2. Sometimes you can see... sea from my bedroom window,but....atmosphere has to be very clear.

3. He owns.... house by ..... Thames, which he bought three years ago for 300.000E. Rumour has it that... house is haunted.

4. According to some doctors,...... people living in ..... cold climates are twice as likely to develop.... arthritis as...... people living in..... warmer climates.

5. For.... very long time... people believed that....Earth was...centre of.....universe.

Answer 1

Hello!

Write „the” or „a” where necessary.

Scrieți articolul horărât „the” sau articolul nehotărât „a” acolo unde este necesar.

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Answer/Răspuns:

1. On the 20th of August, 1887, a group of workers were sitting at the edge of a cornfield where they were having (zero article) lunch.

2. Sometimes you can see the sea from my bedroom window, but the atmosphere has to be very clear.

3. He owns a house by the Thames, which he bought three years ago for 300.000€. Rumour has it that the house is haunted.

4. According to some doctors, the people living in (zero article) cold climates are twice as likely to develop an arthritis as the people living in (zero article) warmer climates.

5. For a very long time (zero article) people believed that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.

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Explicații:

Observații privind articolul hotărât, articolul nehotărât şi substantivele cu "zero article" (unde nu se pune articol deloc):

• articolul hotărât (the) limitează sensul unui substantiv la un anumit lucru precis, cunoscut vorbitorilor;
• articolul nehotărât (a, an) indică faptul că un substantiv se referă la o idee generală, fără a o identifica cu precizie;
• "zero article" (omiterea articolului) - înaintea formelor de plural atunci când apare o generalizare amplă care se aplică unui grup întreg de ființe sau obiecte.