Timeline for Why do we need "The" here?
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| Jun 7, 2019 at 1:58 | vote | accept | Mira Jane | ||
| Jun 7, 2019 at 1:03 | answer | added | David Siegel | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 7, 2019 at 0:40 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jun 6, 2019 at 8:41 | comment | added | Mira Jane | "We have been talking about environmental issues for decades. And it seems that more and more problems would arise as the world is constantly changing. Particularly, the logging industry has seen a remarkable increase in extent. For me, people need to take action and join hands on solving this regardless of who they are, and this must be done extensively, not just within the government and environmental organisations." Is it better now? For logging industry, I meant the industry of cutting down trees for commercial | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 7:46 | answer | added | The Grim Reaper | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 4:03 | comment | added | aparente001 | As I read that sentence from left to right, the first thing that happens is that I think, "I would say In particular; I wonder if technically Particularly is acceptable here?" I'm 90% certain it isn't. Next, I see logging industry. Not having any context to tell me otherwise, I think that logging is a gerund having to do with making notes in a log. Then I think industry is going to modify the word I think I am about to find, which will be the object of logging. | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 3:11 | comment | added | Mira Jane | Yes, I was marked down for not using "the". Here are the contexts: "Each individual can contribute to the defense of forest even if you are just a primary student." "Particularly, logging industry has seen a remarkable increase in extent." | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 3:02 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Do you mean that you were marked down for NOT using "the" or for using it? What are the full contexts of the usages? | |
| Jun 6, 2019 at 2:53 | history | asked | Mira Jane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |