Signs in the park 1.Do not pick the flowers. 2.Do not pick flowers 3.Do not climb the tress 4. Do not climb tress Is it correct to leave out 'the' in the above signs? Thank you.
Originally Posted by Winwin2011 1.Do not pick the flowers.....2.Do not pick flowers 3.Do not climb the treess.......4. Do not climb treess We use 'the'. We are referring to the trees and flowers in the park, not to trees and flowers in general.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
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