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b7lake
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: nearest |
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Greece is nearest to those countries in which civilization first arouse.
I saw this sentence in a book.
Should 'the' be put in front 'nearest'?
Thank you for your help. |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: nearest |
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| b7lake wrote: |
Greece is nearest to those countries in which civilization first arouse.
I saw this sentence in a book.
Should 'the' be put in front 'nearest'? |
No. In this case, nearest is used as a predicate adjective, so you don't need an article.
If you rewrote it as: Greece is the nearest country to those in which civilization first arose. then you would need the. |
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