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The insurance? your insurance?
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Kenji  #411437  Thu, 30 Aug 07 03:54 AM
Hello.Which is better?   Don't assume that ( the / your) insurance will cover all ( the / your ) damage done. The answer book says, "Don't assume that your insurance will cover all the damage done."   So the sentence "Don't assume that the insurance will cover all your damage done." doesn't make sense?  Thank you!
  
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Yoong Liat  #411439  Thu, 30 Aug 07 03:57 AM

 Kenji wrote:
Hello.Which is better?   Don't assume that ( the / your) insurance will cover all ( the / your ) damage done. The answer book says, "Don't assume that your insurance will cover all the damage done."   So the sentence "Don't assume that the insurance will cover all your damage done." doesn't make sense?  Thank you!

The answer in the book is correct.
  
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Clive  #411474  Thu, 30 Aug 07 07:16 AM

Hi,

So the sentence "Don't assume that the insurance will cover all your damage done." doesn't make sense? 

Well, maybe we are talking about your insurance, eg if I have an accident at your house.

Or maybe we are talking about the insurance at my house, eg if you have an accident here.

In other words, it depends on the context.

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Kenji  #411972  Fri, 31 Aug 07 06:38 AM
It is very difficult for us Japanese to use "the" properly. Thank you!
  
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