Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Two questions on a sentence
I think I was looking at the yahoo web page?? and I saw this head-line-like sentences. (Should I punctuate the underlined like that?)
Undersea oddities
Psychedelic fish and a shark that walks on its fins are among species just discovered.
1. Can I place the article "the" before the word "species"?
Side Q: (Should I place apostrophes around the word "the"? Is the question, " Can I place the (without quotation marks) and is it better?) Should I write my question as:
Can I place the article "the" before the word "species"? Or
Can I place the article the before the word "species"?
2. How do we how fish it is being mentioned when we are reading it?
Undersea oddities
Psychedelic fish and a shark that walks on its fins are among species just discovered.
1. Can I place the article "the" before the word "species"?
Side Q: (Should I place apostrophes around the word "the"? Is the question, " Can I place the (without quotation marks) and is it better?) Should I write my question as:
Can I place the article "the" before the word "species"? Or
Can I place the article the before the word "species"?
2. How do we how fish it is being mentioned when we are reading it?
Top answer
headline-like. Headline is one word. 1) Yes you can but it is common to leave these out of headlines.
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headline-like. Headline is one word.
1) Yes you can but it is common to leave these out of headlines.
It is much clearer with the quotation marks. It is usual to use single quotation marks 'the' and keep the double quotation marks "the" for speech.
2) Are you asking if species would only include fish? I suppose the fact that they are 'undersea oddities' would make us thi
1) Yes you can but it is common to leave these out of headlines.
It is much clearer with the quotation marks. It is usual to use single quotation marks 'the' and keep the double quotation marks "the" for speech.
2) Are you asking if species would only include fish? I suppose the fact that they are 'undersea oddities' would make us thi
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Thank you.
I am rewriting the sentence. (I hope I wrote it 100% correctly.)
Undersea Oddities
Psychedelic fish and a shark that walks on its fins are among species just discovered.
1. How do we know many fish are there when we just say, 'Psychedelic fish'?
2. Are you saying all the things italicized are a headlline, not just the wo
I am rewriting the sentence. (I hope I wrote it 100% correctly.)
Undersea Oddities
Psychedelic fish and a shark that walks on its fins are among species just discovered.
1. How do we know many fish are there when we just say, 'Psychedelic fish'?
2. Are you saying all the things italicized are a headlline, not just the wo
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1. We don't know how many fish. It could be one species or a hundred.
2. Yes in a way. Headlines often have a sort of secondary headline underneath them.
3. Can I put the definite article 'the' before it?
2. Yes in a way. Headlines often have a sort of secondary headline underneath them.
3. Can I put the definite article 'the' before it?
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Hi Believer,
- There's no 'a' before fish, so it should be plural.
- I'd say they are.
- I wouldn't use 'the', because noone knows what particular species have just been discovered. The amount is not restricted, or at least the reader doesn't know if it is.
- You can. The point is whether you should.
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