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 #17 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 22:47 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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Those sound good in context. The first is a sort of abbreviated 'headline English'. I see your point about compound nouns, but they sound unnatural out of context.
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So you'd change this reply "Use 'The main industries we supply' because you are speaking of specific industries (= the ones that you supply)." to what? |
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| #18 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 22:51 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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I stand by my original opinion. They are specific, so use 'the'. Your 'compound noun' does not apply here (as is the case with most of your thread contributions).
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| #19 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 23:00 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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| I see your point about compound nouns, but they sound unnatural out of context. |
I'd say they sound quite natural in the business world. |
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| #20 (permalink) Fri Sep 19, 2008 22:38 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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| I stand by my original opinion. They are specific, so use 'the'. |
How about these, with or without the article?
The bread we bake is made with organic flour.
Bread we bake is made with organic flour. |
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| #21 (permalink) Tue Sep 23, 2008 18:53 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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I'd choose #1 because #2 sounds somehow weird to my ears. Some people may say we can't use 'the' because of all the bread the speakers make, we can't say know which ones they refer to. However, I think the speakers may use 'the' with implication that all their bread is made with organic flour.
Just my two cents.
By the way, is it all right to say 'made with'? Or should it be changed into 'made from'?
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| #22 (permalink) Tue Sep 23, 2008 20:29 pm Articles or not? (I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council, etc...) |
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Are there other ingredients in the bread? |
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