Hunk Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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There is a sub-board in a website I frequent named "Culture and the Arts".
Why does ARTS take article “the” but CULTURE not?
Thanks if anyone would answer this question. I generally am not very sure when "the" is or is not needed in many cases.
Why does ARTS take article “the” but CULTURE not?
Thanks if anyone would answer this question. I generally am not very sure when "the" is or is not needed in many cases.
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There are many gray areas and exceptions to the rules governing the use of the , but overall, the is a demonstrative adjective. Like this, that, these, and those , the singles out or specifies a particular thing or group of things. In the phrase "Culture and the Arts", one might argue that "the Arts" refers to a specific group of activities: painting, composing and performing music, sculpture, ...
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There are many gray areas and exceptions to the rules governing the use of the, but overall, the is a demonstrative adjective. Like this, that, these, and those, the singles out or specifies a particular thing or group of things.
In the phrase "Culture and the Arts", one might argue that "the
In the phrase "Culture and the Arts", one might argue that "the
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rvw, that's a nice explanation.
I wanted to add, the Arts here is short for the Fine Arts such as the painting and sculpture.
I wanted to add, the Arts here is short for the Fine Arts such as the painting and sculpture.
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