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#2 (permalink) Wed Oct 20, 2004 21:41 pm Nature |
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Hi,
Nature refers to all living things.
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#3 (permalink) Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:51 am Nature |
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As I explained in the last reply, it means the natural world. _________________ English as a Foreign Language You can read my EFL story A day in the life of a policeman |
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#4 (permalink) Sun Aug 26, 2007 14:17 pm "In Nature" / "In the Nature" |
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| Please could you explain why "In the Nature" is incorrect |
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#5 (permalink) Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:26 am meaning of "Things in nature" |
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Let me try...
Why don't we use "the" between in and Nature because (like Alan said) it means all living things. if we choose in the Nature, it will seem like a place (like : in the Jungle).
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#6 (permalink) Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:12 am meaning of "Things in nature" |
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Fist of all I would like to thank you for the English emails. It is very simple and easy to understand.
I got one answer wrong int the articles test. I want to konw why in the nature is not correct please explain.
few e.g on simple present. My name is Perianaiyagi Anthony. I am an accountant in a timber industries. I live in Gujarat (India). I have tow brothers and two sisters. |
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#7 (permalink) Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:42 am meaning of "Things in nature" |
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I made a mistake like Peria, please explain for me.
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#8 (permalink) Tue Oct 07, 2008 13:49 pm meaning of "Things in nature" |
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| I got that wrong too but it's certainly because my mother tongue is German and we say 'in der Natur'! |
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#9 (permalink) Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:25 am "In Nature" / "In the Nature" |
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| Why is 'in the nature' incorrect? |
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#10 (permalink) Wed Apr 15, 2009 20:27 pm meaning of "Things in nature" |
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| Hi Alan, your explication doesn't explain nothing at all. My mother tongue is french and in french (as in german), we say " Dans la nature" ("in der Natur"). Nature also refers to all living things. So why can't it be also "in the nature" in english. |
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#11 (permalink) Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:22 am meaning of "Things in nature" |
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Hi Eline,
I don't think it makes much sense to compare languages when it comes to explaining how the articles are used. You are right, we do say 'in der Natur' in German but we also say 'in Wirklichkeit' (in reality).
As you can see, there are fixed expressions in any language and 'in nature' is just one of them. By the way, you might want to stick to basic punctuation and spelling rules when you talk about the English language. Also, the double negative ('doesn't explain nothing at all') is not used in English. Instead, your sentence should read 'doesn't explain anything'.
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#13 (permalink) Thu Apr 16, 2009 19:43 pm meaning of "Things in nature" |
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#14 (permalink) Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:15 am meaning of "Things in nature" |
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| yes i have got it. Abstract nouns refer to those nouns that we can feel but can not see ...e.g. anger, jealousy,love,feelings...are not followed by the definite article 'the'. thanks a lot Alan sir. |
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