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Luca Nicola
Hello Minoo,
How are you?
two questions about the articles from an exercise.
Urban life past and present
(0) – young people tend to think that (1) – life was more difficult for (2) - people in the past. Of course, (3) THE lives our parents led were different from (4) THE lives we lead today. For example, they couldn’t rely as much on (5) – modern technology as we do. When my parents were young, (6) - computers were as big as a room and (7) THE mobile phones hadn’t been invented yet!
On the other hand, I don’t think there were as many social problems in those days. This is partly because (8) THE family was very important. For instance, (9) – families took care of (10) THE old and weak so (11) - homelessness wasn’t (12) THE problem that it is today. In fact, in many ways (13) – life was better in the past.
1.
I've found many times this kind of sentence: when my parents were young, when I was young, so I still haven't understood if the correct word is young or younger, and when I have to use one or the other, i.e. the general rule.
2.
Then, why mobile phones need the article the? I thought mobile phones were the same general plural nouns like computers are.
Best regards,
Nicola
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