panicmonger
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- Apr 9, 2010
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Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
This is a sentence I copied from my dictionary, I have been wondering why the author put a "the" in front of "addition":?:
Is this because "of eggs or oil" is specific enough so we have to use "the" in front of the "addition":?:
But I would just like to make a general reference. Shouldn't "the" be omitted:?:
Sometimes it is so confusing as to beat my brain.
Thanks for your help.
This is a sentence I copied from my dictionary, I have been wondering why the author put a "the" in front of "addition":?:
Is this because "of eggs or oil" is specific enough so we have to use "the" in front of the "addition":?:
But I would just like to make a general reference. Shouldn't "the" be omitted:?:
Sometimes it is so confusing as to beat my brain.
Thanks for your help.