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English translation: not required in this context
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| 12:29 Apr 19, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Angela Dickson (X) United Kingdom Local time: 01:25 | ||||||
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| 5 | retain it |
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| 5 | "the" is a MUST here |
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| 4 | no |
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5 mins confidence: 
no Explanation: this item refers to a specific coated drug, no doubt, and deleting the THE would make it generic, applying to any coated drugs. |
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4 mins confidence:
retain it Explanation: as these are specific drugs the definite article "the" should be retained otherwise you are generalizing ans sreferring to "any drugs whatsoever" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-19 12:36:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- should read \"and referring to\" of course :) The sentence beginning \"The drugs are sensitive to the pH value ...\" confirms that these are \"specific\" drugs -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-19 12:37:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- general rule: use the definite article \"the\" for specific cases and omit it when generalizing :) |
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20 mins confidence:
"the" is a MUST here Explanation: The definite article "the" is used here to refer to form of medicine/drug that is unique, so it must not be deleted. |
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2 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7- Explanation: Yes it can, but does not have to be left out. On the other hand, it MUST be omitted in front of 'intestinal fluid' in both cases in this passage. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-04-19 14:08:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As other askers have said - if this is a SPECIFIC drug (and not just any coated drug) then you need to retain \'the\'. |
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