Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Surfing Internet
Can I say,
They are surfing Internet in the cybercafe.
They are surfing Internet in the cybercafe.
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I would say: They are surfing the Internet in the cybercafe Justification --> I'm going to surf the net ; I found it on the net . In the Korea Times, I found the title: Surfing Internet Via Mobile Proves Expensive More and more Koreans are getting ultra-cool handsets that allow them to surf the Internet... A title needs to be as short as possible, hence the absence of the definate article.
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I would say:
They are surfing the Internet in the cybercafe
Justification --> I'm going to surf the net; I found it on the net.
In the Korea Times, I found the title:
Surfing Internet Via Mobile Proves Expensive
More and more Koreans are getting ultra-cool handsets that allow them to surf the Internet...
They are surfing the Internet in the cybercafe
Justification --> I'm going to surf the net; I found it on the net.
In the Korea Times, I found the title:
Surfing Internet Via Mobile Proves Expensive
More and more Koreans are getting ultra-cool handsets that allow them to surf the Internet...
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