Difference between the life today and life today

[Goran]

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "Sally and her Letter", question 6

I simply cannot imagine the life today without having the facility to use the internet with my computer.

(a) simply
(b) the life today
(c) having
(d) to use

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "Sally and her Letter", answer 6

I simply cannot imagine life today without having the facility to use the internet with my computer.

Correct entry: life today
The error was: (b) the life today

Your answer was: n/a
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what is the difference between the life today and life today

[Alan]

Hi Goran,

If you mean life in general, you would have no article as in this sentence. If you talk about a particular kind of life, you use the article as in:

The life of a child in the 21st century is entirely different from that of the 19th century.

Alan
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