Timeline for Use of determiner THE with a plural noun
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2022 at 7:17 | vote | accept | zenith3 | ||
| Jan 11, 2022 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1480826837337055234 | ||
| Jan 11, 2022 at 2:34 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 10, 2022 at 20:13 | comment | added | stangdon | @MichaelHarvey But on average, Canadian provinces are much larger than US states. For example, the 6th largest province, Alberta, is larger than 48 US states. But the sentence is not very well-written if that's what was intended. | |
| Jan 10, 2022 at 19:42 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | Out of 13 Canadian provinces, 12 are smaller than Alaska, the largest American state, so your example sentences don't make much sense with or without articles. | |
| Jan 10, 2022 at 19:13 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 10, 2022 at 19:10 | comment | added | Lambie | There is no need for a the there, even though the sentence is not true. | |
| Jan 10, 2022 at 19:03 | answer | added | Andy Bonner | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 10, 2022 at 18:33 | history | asked | zenith3 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |