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Originally Posted by Tarmizi ...
Is it correct to say " asked them to send ambulance to the accident scene " ? Should it be " asked them to send an ambulance to the accident scene " because the indefinite article " a " is necessary . |
<font size=4>Yes, you are correct. (I think) in this case when using 'an ambulance', the object (ambulance) needs to be tagged together with 'an' if it is a singular noun, or an 's' needs to be added (as in 'ambulances') for the plural noun.
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Originally Posted by Tarmizi ...
Can I leave out the word "the " because Christina is admitted into a hospital for medical treatment ? |
<font size=4>No, (I think) unless you say the name of the hospital, but yes if the usage of hospital is verbal (as in 'admited to hospital', or 'went to hospital', etc.). You can also leave out '
a' if your are using names (eg. 'Kingston General Hospital'). With regard to 'the', if the hospital is known, or can be guessed, then you can say '
the hospital'. The use of 'the' lets the other speaker become away that they should know which hospital is being talked about.
So, I think these are good examples of the different uses of 'a' and 'the.'</font>
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