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Jutfrank, what I'd like to know about is not "the object" as an abstracted concept, but rather about that as a generalized concept, meaning the same as objects.
What I'd like to know is whether "the noun" (in F "the object") can generalize the same plural nouns ("objects") whatever countable noun it is if context permits.
Of course I know "the object" in F is grammatical. I know from my teaching experience it's not a good use of English.
But I must tell my students why it's not so.
I said this in my previous reply:
-Abaka said: The specifies lion (as an abstraction of lions) as opposed to other entities--- It seems to me that he is saying the specification is caused by the abstraction of lions and the opposition of the lion to other entities. If so, I agree with abaka.-
"The object" in F is meant to be a generarized concept, but I cannot find anything opposed to "the object" in any upper class. In other words I cannot find any appropriate context. That made me judge "the object" in F as inappropriate.
What do you think of my reasoning?
What I'd like to know is whether "the noun" (in F "the object") can generalize the same plural nouns ("objects") whatever countable noun it is if context permits.
Of course I know "the object" in F is grammatical. I know from my teaching experience it's not a good use of English.
But I must tell my students why it's not so.
I said this in my previous reply:
-Abaka said: The specifies lion (as an abstraction of lions) as opposed to other entities--- It seems to me that he is saying the specification is caused by the abstraction of lions and the opposition of the lion to other entities. If so, I agree with abaka.-
"The object" in F is meant to be a generarized concept, but I cannot find anything opposed to "the object" in any upper class. In other words I cannot find any appropriate context. That made me judge "the object" in F as inappropriate.
What do you think of my reasoning?