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Oald: The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption.Grammar questions– conjugations, verb tenses, adverbs, adjectives, word order, syntax, etc. |
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July 19, 2013, 09:34 PM
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Oald: The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption.
In my dictionary
eg The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption. The charges must have been raised before being dropped, so it's definite, why not ALL THE CHARGES but simply ALL CHARGES? 
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July 19, 2013, 10:27 PM
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Whether the charges were raised before they were dropped is not the determining factor for not using the definite article. It sounds fine the way it appears in the dictionary.
Whether the charges were mentioned previously is unclear from the context. If all the charges were not made known, 'all charges' may be used. The determiner 'all' allows this construct.
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