Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
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Hello. I have found the following sentence:
"As such, research supervisors encourage the candidates under their guidance to make citations especially when writing literature reviews and discussion sections of their dissertations." (Source: Maroko, Geoffrey Mokua. Citation Practices in Selected Science and Humanities Dissertations: Implications for Teaching [Abstract], American Journal of Educational Research, 2013 1 (4), pp 126-136.
DOI: 10.12691/education-1-4-3.)
My question: why "the candidates" and not "candidates" only? Is ". . . supervisors encourage candidates under their guidance . . ." wrong? What is the difference in meaning?
Thank you!!!
"As such, research supervisors encourage the candidates under their guidance to make citations especially when writing literature reviews and discussion sections of their dissertations." (Source: Maroko, Geoffrey Mokua. Citation Practices in Selected Science and Humanities Dissertations: Implications for Teaching [Abstract], American Journal of Educational Research, 2013 1 (4), pp 126-136.
DOI: 10.12691/education-1-4-3.)
My question: why "the candidates" and not "candidates" only? Is ". . . supervisors encourage candidates under their guidance . . ." wrong? What is the difference in meaning?
Thank you!!!
Top answer
Anonymous the candidates under their guidance "the" here indicates that there is a definite set of candidates, as defined by the following prepositional phrase. Anonymous Is ". .
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Anonymousthe candidates under their guidance"the" here indicates that there is a definite set of candidates, as defined by the following prepositional phrase.
AnonymousIs ". . . supervisors encourage candidates under their guidance . . ." wrong?No.
AnonymousWhat is the difference in meaning?
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Thank you!!!
By the way, if the writer uses "the candidates under their guidance" in one part of his or her text, should he or she maintain the same "style" regarding the definite article all over the text?
Or is there no need to strive for such "consistency'?
Thank you, again!
By the way, if the writer uses "the candidates under their guidance" in one part of his or her text, should he or she maintain the same "style" regarding the definite article all over the text?
Or is there no need to strive for such "consistency'?
Thank you, again!
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