TAILIEUCHUNG - Oxford practice gramar part 22

We can use a plural noun (. cars, parties) or an uncountable noun (. ice hockey, music) without the. I love parties means that I love all parties, parties in general. B General and specific meanings GENERAL SPECIFIC A plural noun or an uncountable noun on its own has a general meaning. Cars are expensive to buy. Elephants are intelligent animals. I don't understand computers. (= all computers, computers in general) You always need money. Glass is made from sand. I'm quite fond of curry. Natasha is studying music. (= all music, music in general) . | 86 Cars or the cars A We can use a plural noun . cars parties or an uncountable noun . ice hockey music without the. I love parties means that I love all parties parties in general. I ice toctey Ji s myfovoudit corf. And like old ruis love on - tfwm. irwsic. Klftsî rc intrSK I rMCUJ . Aid Irjer potties fl cocfse. B General and specific meanings GENERAL A plural noun or an uncountable noun on its own has a general meaning. Cars are expensive to buy. Elephants are intelligent animals. I don t understand computers. all computers computers in general You always need money. Glass is made from sand. I m quite fond of curry. Natasha is studying music. all music music in general SPECIFIC The plural noun or uncountable noun has a specific meaning. The cars had both broken down. We saw the elephants at the zoo. The computers crashed at work today. the specific computers at my workplace Laura put the money in her purse. David swept up the broken glass. The curry was delicious thank you. The music was too loud. the music at a specific time at a party for example A phrase or clause after the noun often shows that it is specific. Look at the oil on your sweater. The apples you gave me were nice. But the nouns in these sentences have a general meaning. hate people who never say hello. Life in the old days was hard. Life in the old days is still a general idea not a specific life. A phrase with of usually takes the. Compare these two structures. a book on Irish history a book on the history of Ireland Special uses of the We use the singular noun to make general statements about animals and about inventions and discoveries. The tiger can swim. The fly is a common insect. Who invented the camera The electron is a part of every atom. Here the tiger means all tigers tigers in general. We use this structure mainly in written English. In speech Tigers can swim is more usual. We also use the with musical instruments. But for American English see page 379. Natasha can play the piano

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