Timeline for Why don't we use the definite article before these examples?
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| May 9, 2011 at 10:38 | history | edited | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 9, 2011 at 9:08 | comment | added | Alenanno | Exactly, that's what I said. :) | |
| May 9, 2011 at 9:07 | comment | added | Gigili | i guess, it has something with the first and second noun in a phrase. in your example : "We need to look closely at the product development" talking about a special product or some special products which has/have development let us use "the". but when we don't talk about special product, "the" is dropped. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:58 | comment | added | Alenanno | I improved the answer. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:56 | history | edited | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 9, 2011 at 8:45 | comment | added | Gigili | It was my mistake. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:39 | comment | added | Alenanno | Plural nouns? I never mentioned plural nouns, what are you referring to? | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:37 | comment | added | Gigili | but your examples are too general for this case. as you said, uncountable nouns is not clear enough? | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:30 | comment | added | Alenanno | Explain why not? He asked why he couldn't use the, I basically said "because they are uncountable nouns". Isn't it the answer he was looking for? I even gave him some reference material to cover all the related cases. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:26 | comment | added | Gigili | i doubt if you answer Op's question. | |
| May 9, 2011 at 8:24 | history | edited | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 9, 2011 at 8:16 | history | answered | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |