posted by rfvv yesterday at 6:06pm.
[With some straws, she is making a musical pipe.]
1. When you blow across the top of "a)the straw", the air vibrates inside "b)the straw" and makes a sound.
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a)the straw b)the straw
Are they the specific straw or in generic use?
When "c)the straw" is shorter, the air loses less energy and vibrates faster.
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Does "c)the straw" mean the specific straw or is it in generic use?
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English - Writeacher yesterday at 6:10pm
Again, these uses of "the straw" are referring to a particular straw.
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Thank you for your help.
Now, hold it and blow across each straw.
1. When you blow across the top of "a)the straw", the air vibrates inside "b)the straw" and makes a sound.
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a)the straw seems to mean 'each straw' There are seven straws in the musical pipe. So to make a sound, a person blows each straw. (all the straws). So a) the straw seems to be in generic use.
b) the straw is the same, in generic use.
When "c)the straw" is shorter, the air loses less energy and vibrates faster.
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c) the straw seems to be in generic use. It doesn't seem to refer to 'a straw.' In the previous sentences, 'a straw' is not mentioned. It doesn't seem that a specific straw is described. Instead, the straw is used as a generic noun.
[What about my analysis about 'the straw'?]
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