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Old January 04, 2012, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jrivera View Post
and we should take it as an exception from the general rule, which is all the children needing professionally trained teachers.
I haven't read it all, but I noticed this common error with the definite article. In English, it is not used for general concepts:


All children are young (all in the world)
All the children in this room are young (specifically these, not others)

All examples of grammar are useful (everywhere)
All the examples of grammar in this thread are useful
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