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I bought my mother a dog, but a dog ran away!

I bought my mother a dog, but the dog ran away!. I bought my mother a dog, but a dog ran away!. we already don’t know about her dog yet in the first part of the sentence. It’s being introduced.

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I bought my mother a dog, but a dog ran away!

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  1. I bought my mother a dog, but the dog ran away! I bought my mother a dog, but a dog ran away! we already don’t know about her dog yet in the first part of the sentence. It’s being introduced. We already know about her dog in the second part of the sentence. If you say “A” dog again, you’re actually introducing a second dog!

  2. Last Sunday, it was the queen of my country’s birthday. Last Sunday, it was a queen of my country’s birthday. Here, we already know who the queen is. And there is only one queen of the country. So, be specific “The queen”.

  3. The spaceship left the earth, and landed on Mars yesterday. The spaceship left the Earth, and landed on the Mars yesterday. Earth is the only planet that can be called “the earth” or “Earth”. All other planets are do not use a “the”.

  4. The spaceship left the earth, and landed on Mars yesterday. The spaceship left the earth, and landed on the Mars yesterday. Earth is the only planet that can be called “the earth” or “Earth”. All other planets are do not use a “the”.

  5. Thailand should be proud of the winners of the gold and silver medals in various competitions. Thailand should be proud of the winner of the gold and silver medals in various competitions. There are many competitions. That means, there are many winners.

  6. Proofreading exercise 7 page 21 of your textbook

  7. Toyota Motor Corp. isslashing its profit outlook by more than half for 2012. This reflects the impact of the recent natural disasters in Japan and abroad. It also signals a deeper threat tothe car maker’s recovery. The Japanese auto giant has also lowered its global sales outlook to 7.38 million vehicles for the fiscal year ending March 31. If the low sales continue, Toyota may lose its crown as the world’s largest care maker this year, which it took from General Motors Corp. just as the company’s production was recovering, the recent disasters at home and abroad forced company executives to cut down its expected sales this year and next. progressive needs “to be” more than one place, more than one disaster “The” disasters are already introduced in the story. So we use “the” now.

  8. The flooding in Thailand this year has greatly affected the projected sales of Toyota automobiles. It has worsened losses the company has incurred. Because of the earthquake and tsunami this year in Japan, Toyota wasaffected by the rise of the yen against other currencies. affected is a verb. So great must be an adverb. Here Toyota does not do the affecting. Instead, the rise in the yen affected Toyota. Therefore, you must use passive voice. To use passive voice, you need “to be” + past participle. Therefore, “Toyota was affected by…”

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