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Originally Posted by jrivera
Thank you Perikles for that those corrections.
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You are welcome.
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Originally Posted by caliber1
Thanks Perikles. I wasn't sure on that one. It makes sense either way, but putting "the" in there I guess made it sound more specific to every child in the world.
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By coincidence, we are having an argument about 'the' on a science forum, populated by people who argue about everything. It turns out that the definite article in English is used differently to languages which have distinct genders, in ways which are difficult to define. Without an article, a general concept is meant, and with one, something specific. I could go on...