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 PRACTICE ON POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

• Article Summary
• Article Diagnostic
• A-unspecific
• A-specific
• A / An
• All/ The-class
• The-class/ A-unspec
• All/ The-specfic
• The-Earlier Mention
• The-Included Parts
• The-Later Mention
• The-Shared Knowl
• A-Nationality
• The–Group
• The-Landmarks
• The-Geography
• The-Countries
• Most / Most of the
• Another/ The other
• 2nd Mention Prac
• Identifying Nouns
• Article Expressions
• The-Superlatives
• Known or New?
• Speaking in General
• Art Paragr Edit
• Article Context
• Related Pages

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• All / The Class
• Practice 1
• Practice 2

All / The – class

Making generalizations about the group

 

 

 

 

 

All versus the Class

ALL –UNSPECIFIC	THE CLASS – UNSPECIFIC
The plural form puts emphasis on "all", a focus more commonly found in everyday speech, books, articles, and magazines. The plural from is used to discuss all in general. In cases where a word has no plural form, for example – fish, deer, and elk – use the singular form .	The puts emphasis on the class (type, or kind) a focus mostly found in science books, encyclopedias and technical writing. We use "the class" when discussing the quality, character of behavior of a class.
Wolves hunt in packs.	The wolf hunts in a pack.
People are trying to protect wolves.	Environmentalists are trying to protect the wolf.
Trappers hunt wolves for their fur.	Trappers hunt the wolf for its fur.

 

NOVA "The Wolf - Dog Connection" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/wolfdog.html

 

 

Practice 1

Focusing on All

 

 

Change the focus from the class to all.

EXAMPLE:    Why does the wolf howl? (the class)  ==>  Why do wolves howl? (all)

 

#	YOUR EDIT	CHECK ANSWER
1.	(The dog was) Dogs was Dogs were long believed to have descended from several species, including the wolf and jackal.
2.	(The dogs is) Dogs are Dogs is   the descendants of Canis lupus, a wolf. (descendants = offspring)
3.	(The dog was) Dogs was Dogs were   the first animals to be domesticated.
4.	(The dog barks) Dogs barks Dogs bark   to protect its territory.

 

 

 

 

 

Practice 2

Focusing on the Class

 

 

 

Change the focus from all  to the class.

EXAMPLE:   Why do wolves howl? (all) ==> Why does the wolf howl? (the class)

 

#	YOUR RESPONSE	CHECK ANSWER
5.	(Dogs are) The dog is The dog are man's best friend.
6.	(Dogs need) The dog need The dog needs    to eat a lot of protein.
7.	(Dogs are not) The dog isn't The dog aren't vegetarian.
8.	(Dogs have) The dog has The dog have been around for 50 million years.