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. -- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are. .

THANK YOU. You wrote: I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect: If the power goes out, I dare to think that they will all leave. If the power goes out, I bet they will all leave. If the power goes out, I am sure that they will all leave. If the...

. Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- Yes You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they...

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right? You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Hi Pucca You can say something such as "There were millions of dollars lost." But, if you want to say or write a specific number, then the words hundred, thousand, million, billion, etc. are not used as a plural noun: 300 = three hundred 4000 = four thousand 50,000 = fifty thousand 20,000,000 =...

Anonymous wrote: I have seen similar putative sentences. "I am suprised that he should feel lonely."(1) "I am suprised that he feels lonely." I don't remember the exact sentences in Quirk's "A Comprehensive English Grammar". I wonder if the first sentence can be written as "I will be suprised...