Timeline for "the" before of-phrases [duplicate]
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 22:23 | history | closed | ColleenV | Duplicate of Use of "the" before the first part of Of-phrases | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 20:44 | history | edited | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 12, 2015 at 20:35 | comment | added | TBridges42 | Context is a mass noun, but it can also refer to separate entities. The context of singing in church is very different from the context of singing in a mosh pit, for instance, so context can take a definite article. But in the above sentence it is not necessary. | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 20:23 | comment | added | user3169 | Also the noun "context" is mass by definition, so no the, just "of context". I think using the in "the classification" is optional, depending on how you view the meaning of *classification". | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 20:03 | comment | added | Ahmad | @user3169 I described it more. | |
| Aug 12, 2015 at 20:03 | history | edited | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 12, 2015 at 19:42 | comment | added | user3169 | classification is a specific process (in context), so I would use the. You might add why you consider it unnecessary. | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 19:55 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2015 at 19:05 | history | asked | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |