http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/KindlyHelp/zljzl/post.htm#474345Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:05:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474345Yankee0http://www.englishforums.com/English/KindlyHelp/zljzl/post.htm#474345http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-474345.xml<i>Going by the voting pattern so far...</i> =&nbsp; OK.&nbsp; This views all of the voting for this specific election as a whole<br><br><i>Going by the voting patterns so far...</i> =&nbsp; OK.&nbsp; This might be used if the writer is viewing the voting in terms of individual states, for example.<br><br><i>Going by voting patterns so far...</i> =&nbsp; This is also possible, but the omission of 'the' makes 'voting patterns' less specific.<br><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/KindlyHelp/zljdz/post.htmFri, 08 Feb 2008 09:43:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474305Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/KindlyHelp/zljdz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-474305.xml<P>Going by (the) voting pattern(s) so far, the uncertain state of the US economy continues to be the main concern for voters from both parties</P> <P>in the above sentence should article 'the' or not &amp; it should be pattern or patterns kindly explain to clear my doubts</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>