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abby-fu
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 Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:46 am Post subject: help! about property |
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Professor Mackay told us that some properties of lead are its softness
and its resistance.
Professor Mackay told us that properties of lead are its softness
and its resistance.
which is correct? why? i think the 2nd one is right, but i do not know why
the 1st one is wrong. |
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doliver
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Abby-Fu wrote:
Professor Mackay told us that some properties of lead are its softness and its resistance.
Professor Mackay told us that properties of lead are its softness and its resistance.
which is correct? why? i think the 2nd one is right, but i do not know why.
Comments:
Actually, the first sentence is correct: "some properties of lead" refers to two properties (softness and resistance), but not to all of lead's properties.
The second sentence needs a determiner before lead: the article the would commonly be used. The second sentence also suggests that softness and resistance are the only properties of lead. I'm sure this isn't true: lead must surely have more properties than softness and resistance.
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