Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners.They sa...
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners.They sa...
Explanation:
Determiners are words that are used before a noun to indicate which things or people we are talking about. The most common determiners are articles (a, an, the), demonstratives (this, that, these, those), possessives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their), quantifiers (some, any, many, much, few, little), and numbers (one, two, three, etc.).
In the given sentence, we need a determiner before the noun 'knowledge' to indicate the quantity or amount of knowledge being referred to. The correct option is 'a little', which is a quantifier used to indicate a small amount of knowledge.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Other options and their meanings:
a) little knowledge: This means not much knowledge or almost no knowledge. It conveys a negative sense and is not appropriate in the context of the sentence.
c) the little knowledge: This means a specific small amount of knowledge that has been previously mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener. However, there is no such reference in the given sentence, so this option is also not appropriate.
Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners.They sa...
A little is correct because it comes in the sense of both negative and positive. In this sentence the positive thing is knowledge. The person has some knowledge and the negative part is that it can be dangerous
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