Lisa Brinkmann Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Word Choice

Is the second sentence a better choice and under what circumstances would the additional "the" be used?

I asked her to call me back regarding the repairs and final invoice.

or

I asked her to call me back regarding the repairs and the final invoice.

  

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Lisa Brinkmann Is the second sentence a better choice No. Actually, I prefer the first. Lisa Brinkmann under what circumstances would the additional "the" be used?

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Lisa BrinkmannIs the second sentence a better choice

No. Actually, I prefer the first.

Lisa Brinkmannunder what circumstances would the additional "the" be used?

I think I tend to use a second 'the' when the two nouns are fairly unrelated, that is, when there is less reason to think of the two as a pair of ideas t