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"With probability", "with a probability", "with the probability"?
As a mathematician, I often write and read about probabilities. In the literature, I've seen versions of all the sentences below. Which one is correct?
This happens with probability (of) 30%.
This ...
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'The head office' or just 'head office'?
I've got a question. Tried to google it, but nothing came up.
So, there is a sentence:
"How often do you visit head office?"
Why don't we use "the" before "head office"?...
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The teacher , teacher, the students, students
The following is a quotation from a book entitled Teaching English as a Second Language:
The teacher is viewed as a knowledge provider and the students as the receivers of knowledge , and the ...
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Use of articles before proper nouns of person
In a closed question to a related topic on this forum, the following was suggested as an answer:
"Another is to use a proper noun as an example of particular traits that could also be held by others (...
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Proper usage of an article/determiner in the given sentence
Recently I have read a book in chemistry field, and I have encountered this sentence:
This is because typical metal Lewis acids are deactivated by the nitrogen atoms of the product formed that are ...
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An article after 'called'
In my text, many concepts are introduced (defined) by a sentence with 'called'. Examples are:
This condition is called eigenvariable condition.
This procedure is called the truth table method.
A ...
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"Here is a list of all (the) modified files." Should I write "the" or not?
In this sentence:
Here is a list of all modified files.
Do I write the before modified or not ?
I know that plural nouns often lose the article, but I'm not sure with this sentence.
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Using two articles before and after "and"
For example:
I bought a newspaper and a magazine from the cisco.
There are two indefinite articles both in front of "newspaper" and "magazine." But I come across some literature the second article ...
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Broken down by year [article]
With nouns like age or gender, the phrase "Distribution disaggregated by age/gender" sounds fine (at least to me).
As for the noun "year", which is countable, "disaggregated by year" makes me doubt ...
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Omission of definite article before common nouns in pairs
I am well aware that the usage of, or the omission of, the definite article "the" has been a frequently asked question, here and elsewhere. I have read up on existing questions on this matter. (But I ...
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Should I use definite or indefinite articles in appositive phrases listing someone’s accomplishments?
Not sure which is correct:
I interviewed Bob, a writer for Time Magazine, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, and the author of three books.
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I interviewed Bob, a writer for Time Magazine, a ...
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Why do I need "a" in "a mere 5 percent"?
Examples (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mere)
Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but a mere 5 percent of women are heads and deputies.
Tickets are a mere £7.50 at the door.
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I am confused with usage about 'the' and object complement
Is the sentence as below correct in grammar? And is it clear enough?
Please copy & paste keyword, mykeyword, into the search box of Google
Play Store app or website to locate this pure app ...
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Usage of a/the articles, when an object is determined by "that...."
In "Cambridge preparation to TOEFL"'93 book I've found the phrase:
The old woman made a special tea with __ herb that smelled of oranges.
The correct answer is "an". But the woman added the specific ...
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(The) unemployment in the country has fallen recently
I have been recently wondering about the reason why is "the" omitted in such a phrase like the one quoted below.
"The unemployment in the country has fallen recently."
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