Question 44

[toto1115]

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Teachers, what are the tools that the streetcleaner is using in the pic?



And secondly

Is it correct to say

He died on ( the ) Christmas day in 2004

Is THE necessary? I mean we are specifying the christmas in 2004..


Thanks

[bud]

He's sweeping with a broom. I'm not sure what the other tool is called. In a home, we have a similar tool except with a short handle, and we call that a dust pan. I doubt that tool is called a dust pan, though, because it is meant to pick up litter.

No, you don't need "the." It would sound odd if included.

[Rusty]

http://www.doe.org/images/comments/sweeper.gif

Teachers, what are the tools that the streetcleaner is using in the pic?



And secondly

Is it correct to say

He died on ( the ) Christmas day in 2004

Is THE necessary? I mean we are specifying the christmas in 2004..

Thanks
The streetcleaner is using a broom and long handle(d) hood(ed) dustpan. I can't see whether or not it has a hood (cover). If it does, it's a long handle(d), hood(ed) dustpan.
He died on Christmas Day in 2004. Don't use "the."

[toto1115]

So Rusty,

it means we should say

He dis at Christmas in 2004. WITHOUT THE

right?

[Rusty]

So Rusty,

it means we should say

He dis at Christmas in 2004. WITHOUT THE

right? You didn't mean "dis," did you?
"He died at Christmas in 2004" is all right. This does not mean that he died on December 25th. It means "around Christmas." Yes, say it without "the."
Here's a sentence that uses "the." The Christmas of 2004 was particularly cold. Now we have picked 2004 from all the Christmases.
By the way, I goofed here, I've put a line through my error.
The streetcleaner is using a broom and long handle(d) hood(ed) dustpan. I can't see whether or not it has a hood (cover). If it does, it's a long handle(d), hood(ed) dustpan.

[toto1115]

Thank yo uvery much