slim1111
Member
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2010
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- United States
First of all, I wanna thank Koronas for answering my first question
I have another question that just popped up in my head regarding
the usage of the definite/indefinite articles.
I was watching some BBC documentary about desert and the commentator
said that "Kangaroos hide in the shadow to escape the heat"
Heat was referred to as the heat of the desert but surely "shadow"
does not need to be preceded by the definite article since any shadow
would be sufficient? instead of "the shadow" wouldnt it correct to say
"shadows"? or do i need to apply one of those rules that I learned about
making generalizations, like
eg) The dog is a loyal animal
Dogs are loyal animals
Both sentences pretty much convey the same meaning and grammatically
correct. maybe "the shadow" = "shadows" in this case?
Also, what's the idea behind saying "on the move" or "on the attack"
in sports, war, etc? what grammatical rule constutues such usage?
Thanks in advance
I have another question that just popped up in my head regarding
the usage of the definite/indefinite articles.
I was watching some BBC documentary about desert and the commentator
said that "Kangaroos hide in the shadow to escape the heat"
Heat was referred to as the heat of the desert but surely "shadow"
does not need to be preceded by the definite article since any shadow
would be sufficient? instead of "the shadow" wouldnt it correct to say
"shadows"? or do i need to apply one of those rules that I learned about
making generalizations, like
eg) The dog is a loyal animal
Dogs are loyal animals
Both sentences pretty much convey the same meaning and grammatically
correct. maybe "the shadow" = "shadows" in this case?
Also, what's the idea behind saying "on the move" or "on the attack"
in sports, war, etc? what grammatical rule constutues such usage?
Thanks in advance