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Tung Quoc  #271907  Mon, 25 Sep 06 06:09 AM

Please choose the correct sentences:

1. The number of the students is 1.
2. The number of the student is 1.
3. The number of the students is 15.
4. The number of the student is 15.
5. The number of the students is 0.
6. The number of the student is 0.
7. The number of students is 1.
8. The number of student is 1.
9. The number of students is 15.
10. The number of student is 15.
11. The number of students is 0.
12. The number of student is 0.

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Yoong Liat  #271954  Mon, 25 Sep 06 09:27 AM

Please choose the correct sentences:

Only sentence 9 is correct. The number of students is 15.

  
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milky  #271957  Mon, 25 Sep 06 09:30 AM

<Only sentence 9 is correct. The number of students is 15. >

Are you sure?

  
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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
Yoong Liat  #272041  Mon, 25 Sep 06 04:03 PM

If you think some of the other sentences are correct, you can put forward your views.

  
Schetin  #272045  Mon, 25 Sep 06 04:27 PM

Hi,

1. The number of the students is 1. (correct)
2. The number of the student is 1. (correct)
3. The number of the students is 15. (correct)
4. The number of the student is 15. (correct)
5. The number of the students is 0. (correct)
6. The number of the student is 0. (correct)
7. The number of students is 1. (correct)
8. The number of student is 1. (wrong)
9. The number of students is 15. (correct)
10. The number of student is 15. (wrong)
11. The number of students is 0. (correct)
12. The number of student is 0. (wrong)

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Marius Hancu  #272090  Mon, 25 Sep 06 06:18 PM
 Yoong Liat wrote:

Please choose the correct sentences:

Only sentence 9 is correct. The number of students is 15.

I'd agree with this one. "The" could be however used whenever you're talking about a specific  group of students.
  
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Schetin  #272106  Mon, 25 Sep 06 06:38 PM
The number of this very student is 15 or 0 or any other, whatever you like , as long as the student is defined.
  
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