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От : Gleb Hlebov 2:5023/24.4222 04 авг 25 10:41:38
К : All 04 авг 25 10:52:01
Тема : Re: No article
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Hi Mortar,
28.07.2025 18:26:10, Mortar M. wrote:
AK>> But before they sat down to table, the doctor said in a voice of
MM> 1) You don`t start a sentence with words like "but" and "and".
But why shouldn`t I? And could it be you made up this "rule" yourself
just now? :-)
MM> 2) It would be more appropriate to say, "But before they sat down
MM> to eat," or just, "But before they sat down,", implying that
MM> they were sitting down to dinner.
I can see an excuse to say "to sit down to table", the same way you
would say "I`m back in town" or "He`s back from school". Although some
weird cases of not putting an article where it apparently should be do
happen, like in the following sentence (it`s from a police report):
"...Robert Nastek was heading north on Olney Laytonsville
Road when he saw Kevin Costlow beating on the hood of car
occupied by Asian females".
Shouldn`t it be "beating on the hood of -a- car"?
--
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box when there`s evidence of any thinking going on inside it."
-- Terry Pratchett
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