Timeline for Why does this use of "the" seem wrong?
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| Aug 20, 2015 at 5:26 | answer | added | aparente001 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:46 | history | edited | Daniel B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 19, 2015 at 10:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/633944094037909504 | ||
| Aug 14, 2015 at 5:09 | comment | added | Daniel B. | The thread block contains more than 32 threads ... perhaps better phrasing would be "Thread blocks are divided into warps containing 32 threads each?" | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 1:28 | comment | added | deadrat | The first thing that sounds wrong is that "threads are divided into." Does that mean that threads are grouped into warps? In any case, the article in "the threads" means the threads previously mentioned, that is, hose within a thread block. | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 0:24 | comment | added | Daniel B. | In the case of "the threads," I simply think "the" is unncessary, rather than sounds wrong. | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 0:24 | comment | added | Hot Licks | In the above, the use of "the" with "threads" is kind of neutral -- I'd probably say "the", but it's no big deal either way. Re "the" with "shared memory", omitting "the" treats "shared memory" as nothing of consequence, while adding "the" hints (but doesn't require) that "shared memory" may be important and might be mentioned again shortly. | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 0:18 | comment | added | Daniel B. | That's part of my problem :) For example, in "computer lingo" I would normally say that two processes "communicate through RAM" not "communicate through the RAM," or "I flew to London via airplane" not "I flew to London via the airplane." | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 0:09 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I can't say that the two instances of "the" you question "sound wrong". | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 0:06 | history | asked | Daniel B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |