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Do we use the definite article when a noun is already uniquely identified?
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Do I say "Answer question 4" or "Answer the question 4" ?
I'm in doubt about which form to use in a test I'm preparing for my students...
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Do I say "Answer question 4" or "Answer the question 4" ?
I'm in doubt about which form to use in a test I'm preparing for my students...
articles definite-articles
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
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asked Mar 8 at 18:34
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This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
– Andrew Leach♦
Mar 8 at 18:41
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No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
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‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13
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Do I say "Answer question 4" or "Answer the question 4" ?
I'm in doubt about which form to use in a test I'm preparing for my students...
articles definite-articles
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
AmauriAmauri
111
Do I say "Answer question 4" or "Answer the question 4" ?
I'm in doubt about which form to use in a test I'm preparing for my students...
articles definite-articles
articles definite-articles
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
AmauriAmauri
111
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
AmauriAmauri
111
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
edited Mar 8 at 18:39
Andrew Leach♦
80.1k8154258
80.1k8154258
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
AmauriAmauri
111
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
AmauriAmauri
111
asked Mar 8 at 18:34
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111
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This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
– Andrew Leach♦
Mar 8 at 18:41
1
No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
1
‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13
add a comment |
1
This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
– Andrew Leach♦
Mar 8 at 18:41
1
No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
1
‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13
1
1
This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
– Andrew Leach♦
Mar 8 at 18:41
This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
– Andrew Leach♦
Mar 8 at 18:41
1
1
No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
1
1
‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13
‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13
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It is "question 4" or "question number 4", based on 'every time I've ever heard it'. But it's also "the fourth question", which a teacher giving instructions wouldn't typically say unless the questions aren't numbered. (The students might complain, afterwords, about "that fourth question".)
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It is "question 4" or "question number 4", based on 'every time I've ever heard it'. But it's also "the fourth question", which a teacher giving instructions wouldn't typically say unless the questions aren't numbered. (The students might complain, afterwords, about "that fourth question".)
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It is "question 4" or "question number 4", based on 'every time I've ever heard it'. But it's also "the fourth question", which a teacher giving instructions wouldn't typically say unless the questions aren't numbered. (The students might complain, afterwords, about "that fourth question".)
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It is "question 4" or "question number 4", based on 'every time I've ever heard it'. But it's also "the fourth question", which a teacher giving instructions wouldn't typically say unless the questions aren't numbered. (The students might complain, afterwords, about "that fourth question".)
answered Mar 14 at 23:03
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It is "question 4" or "question number 4", based on 'every time I've ever heard it'. But it's also "the fourth question", which a teacher giving instructions wouldn't typically say unless the questions aren't numbered. (The students might complain, afterwords, about "that fourth question".)
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This isn't about commands, as such, because the same query applies to "He was about to answer [the] question 4" -- it's actually about whether "question 4" is a name or not. I suppose "The Donald" might be referenced in an answer...
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Mar 8 at 18:41
1
No, you don't need an article when something is numbered.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 9 at 9:19
1
‘Which’ is easy to answer: definitely just the bare noun phrase (no ‘the’). Why? Now, that’s an interesting question.
– Lawrence
Mar 14 at 23:13