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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Bedbugs - article needed?

Hi, I am writing this for a dialogue for a school paper.

Traveller A: "This hotel has bedbugs."

Traveller B: "I can confirm the report about (the) bedbugs".

Is the definite article mandatory here? I think it's fine either with or without.

  

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Anonymous Hi, I am writing this for a dialogue for a school paper. " Traveller B: "I can confirm the report about (the) bedbugs". Is the definite article mandatory here?

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Anonymous

Hi, I am writing this for a dialogue for a school paper.

Traveller A: "This hotel has bedbugs."

Traveller B: "I can confirm the report about (the) bedbugs".

Is the definite article mandatory here? I think it's fine either with or without.

The article is not needed.

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Either is acceptable.


Traveler B is speaking rather formally.