diamondcutter
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
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(From Kid’s Box 6, an English textbook for kids, CUP)
Generally speaking, “the Internet” is a proper noun, the definite article ‘the’ is necessary and the first letter of the word ‘Internet’ should be capitalized. But in the sentence above, the definite article is left out. I wonder if the reason is that there is a preposition ‘by’ before the word ‘Internet’. And I’d also like to know if there’s a situation that it’s not necessary for the word ‘Internet’ to be capitalized.
(From Kid’s Box 6, an English textbook for kids, CUP)
Generally speaking, “the Internet” is a proper noun, the definite article ‘the’ is necessary and the first letter of the word ‘Internet’ should be capitalized. But in the sentence above, the definite article is left out. I wonder if the reason is that there is a preposition ‘by’ before the word ‘Internet’. And I’d also like to know if there’s a situation that it’s not necessary for the word ‘Internet’ to be capitalized.