Affix  +  15216 Mon, 08 Dec 03 09:46 AM The dollar is the unit of currency in the US. Is it suitable to omit the first "The" ?? Can I add "the" before the word " currency "????? Affix Joined on Mon, Nov 24 2003 New Member 25

	whl626  +  15329 Tue, 09 Dec 03 03:18 AM To use ' the ' in front of ' currency ' means that there is more than 1 currency in the US. Logically speaking, it is not right since this is not the case and only 1 single currency applies to 1 country only whl626 Joined on Sun, Aug 24 2003 Regular Member 882 Learn English every day

	Affix  +  15332 Tue, 09 Dec 03 03:50 AM There's only one kind of currency and that's the dollar. Then why do we put "the" before "dollar" ????? Affix

	whl626  +  15334 Tue, 09 Dec 03 04:10 AM Using ' the ' to the dollar to single out this particular unit of currency from among currencies used around the world. In fact, without ' the ' is still acceptable, though because there is no such strong necessity to do so. eg. Dogs are a faithful animal. eg. The dogs are a faith animal. Both are acceptable, the only difference is that the second sentence used to compare dogs with other animals. whl626

	ryan smith  +  15335 Tue, 09 Dec 03 04:24 AM You can't omit the first "the" (or "a") in front of "unit" since "unit" is a countable noun in singular form. The same goes for "dollar". There is no reason (at least none that I can discover) for or against a "the" before "currency". However, the common expression is "the unit of currency". That said, the words "unit of" are expendable and may even be misleading. Expendable: "The dollar is the currency of the US" is 100% accurate. Misleading: Technically, the units of currency of the US are dollars and cents. The original sentence ignores cents. ryan smith Joined on Tue, Sep 9 2003 CLASSIFIED Full Member 199 Nouns, Countable Nouns

	whl626  +  15338 Tue, 09 Dec 03 04:59 AM " the dollar " the value of the US dollar, used in comparing the values of different types of money from around the world The above sentence is from ' Cambridge online dictionary '. It seems right that ' the ' is immovable whl626