Go Back   UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum > Learning English > Ask a Teacher


Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 26-Apr-2006, 16:12
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 80
Default Use Of The Definite Article "the" And The Preposition "in"

Hello to everybody! How are you? Can I omit the definite article in this sentence?: "THE children wake me up everyday". I suppose not because "children" here are not all the children in the world. I am not talking about children in general. Right?

Imagine I am outside the house and go in because I wanna play. Should I use the preposition "In" in this sentence?
"I Want to play "IN""


Cheers!

Jesús
  #2  
Old 26-Apr-2006, 17:16
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 124
Member Type: Student or Learner
Default Re: Use Of The Definite Article "the" And The Preposition "in"

Isn't it be possible to use "children" without 'the' here?

If you don't tell definite children, I think it could be possible.

For the second question, how about using "inside" instead of just "in"?

I prefer to say "I want to play inside(my house).


I'm not quite sure, so plz correct me! :)
  #3  
Old 27-Apr-2006, 03:42
Editor, UsingEnglish.com
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 34,359
Home Country: UK
Native Language: British English
Current Location: Philippines
Member Type: English Teacher
Default Re: Use Of The Definite Article "the" And The Preposition "in"

1 Use 'the' because it's a specific group- yours, presumably.
2 I'd say 'I want to play inside/indoors'
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Tags
use, definite, article, quotthequot, preposition, quotinquot


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT. The time now is 19:34.



Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.