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Grammar and Linguistics > help please?
help please?
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uyumlu
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help please?
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I �m alittle bit confused I appreciate if you can help me
Which one is correct?
The Everest is the highest mountain
Everest is the highest mountain |
13 Dec 2013
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fletsch
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I would say "Mount Everest is the highest mountain". Second, if we are already naming several others, I might say "Everest is the highest one."
"The Everest" may be grammatically correct, but it is not natural English.
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13 Dec 2013
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halil ibrahim
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Everest is the highest mountain in the world � � is correct one, because if a mountain is not a chain mountain, it doesn �t take � �the � �
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13 Dec 2013
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meriem38
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I think that the use of the article the here is more correct as the everest is unique like the sun ,the Moon or the pyramids . When we have something special in its kind we use "the"
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13 Dec 2013
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douglas
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"Everest is the highest mountain...."
(Everest is a proper name of a single mountain--you also wouldn �t say "The Douglas is a nice guy." |
13 Dec 2013
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rilum2013
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HELLO EVERYBODY:
AS I SEE IT WE SHOULD SAY: THE EVEREST IS .....
BECAUSE THIS MONTAIN IS A UNIQUE ELEMENT LIKE THE SUN, THE MOON,...ETC
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13 Dec 2013
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manonski (f)
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Why don �t you go with "Mount Everest is the highest..."
When in doubt, modify the sentence. That �s my strategy. 
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13 Dec 2013
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cunliffe
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Apparently, it �s K2, not Everest.
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14 Dec 2013
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