jaypark8383
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Hello,
This is something that has confused me for a long time. I've look that up in different grammar books so far, to no avail.
As far as I know, in English, we need 'the' before '(abstract or not)noun+of' in general. However, I often see cases where 'noun+of' is not preceded by the article 'the'. Could anybody tell me the general rules and exceptions applied to the article 'the' usage in this case?
To help you to have a better understanding of what I am saying, let me give you an example. "That is how the girl from Stevens Point was found by circulation of her picture on tv." In the example provided, there is no 'the' before 'circulation of her picture on TV". Why is that? Can I put the article 'the' there if I want to? If not, why?
Thank you in advance.
This is something that has confused me for a long time. I've look that up in different grammar books so far, to no avail.
As far as I know, in English, we need 'the' before '(abstract or not)noun+of' in general. However, I often see cases where 'noun+of' is not preceded by the article 'the'. Could anybody tell me the general rules and exceptions applied to the article 'the' usage in this case?
To help you to have a better understanding of what I am saying, let me give you an example. "That is how the girl from Stevens Point was found by circulation of her picture on tv." In the example provided, there is no 'the' before 'circulation of her picture on TV". Why is that? Can I put the article 'the' there if I want to? If not, why?
Thank you in advance.