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The sentences His most famous work among (the) Western countries is the Besieged City., with or without THE, have been used respectively in two dictionaries, but what can be the difference? It seems that theories like shared knowledege, whether it is mentioned the first time and whether it is general reference all fail.
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when there is no context,
1.By comparison, the expenditure on education increased last year.
2.By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
What is the difference?
Could you help me?
Last edited by nelson13; 20-Oct-2012 at 10:29.
Thank you.
How about this:
when there is no context,
1.By comparison, the expenditure on education increased last year.
2.By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year.
What is the difference?
There is no need for the article.
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