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Allouie
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 Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: TV or the TV? |
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Which of the followings is grammertically correct?
The invention of 'THE' TV brought us a lot of excitement.
or
The invention of TV brought us a lot of excitement.
I asked this question because when we use the word, 'internet', we need to say 'THE' internet.
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LucentShade
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| Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure why, but that sentence can be gramatically correct as "The invention of television..." and "The invention of the television..." |
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Jintii
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Location: New York City
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| Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: |
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The TV refers to physical television sets (the actual TVs that sit in livingrooms around the world); TV (no article) refers to the system of broadcasting images and sounds over distance.
So both of your sentences can be correct, depending on what you mean. |
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