Timeline for (The) construction of the plant started in 1963
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| Jul 5, 2014 at 16:22 | comment | added | Cat | @jimsug That's an interesting point of view, and I don't think it's entirely wrong. (And is somewhat the point I was making when I said "discussing the construction itself.") That said, I think that does place focus on construction since it's already been understood and you're drawing attention back to it. | |
| Jul 5, 2014 at 9:52 | comment | added | jimsug | I don't think there's any change in focus: the difference is on whether the writer/speaker expects the reader/listener to know what they're talking about. By including the definite article, the writer/speaker refers to construction with the expectation that the reader/listener will know what they are referring to: this could be because it's shared cultural knowledge, or because it's a specific instance of construction introduced earlier in the text. | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 21:12 | comment | added | David Richerby | TBH, in average conversation, you'd probably hear "They started building it in 1963." :-) | |
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| Jul 4, 2014 at 17:50 | comment | added | Cat | @EyeOfTheHawks Indeed, that's one of the quirks of language. Interpretation is king. | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 17:49 | comment | added | EyeOfTheHawks | Thank you for explaining this. As a native speaker who does not study English, most of the time I cannot articulate or explain why I interpret things a certain way. Odd really. | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 17:47 | history | answered | Cat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |