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> sounds like broken English There are many languages (notably Slavic ones) that don't have articles. My guess is that the comment author is a native speaker
by tome 9y ago
> sounds like broken English
There are many languages (notably Slavic ones) that don't have articles. My guess is that the comment author is a native speaker of one of those languages and not English.
- chrisseaton 9y agoLots of native English speakers write ‘baby’ without an article.
- dragandj 9y agoAs a native speaker of a Slavic language I can confirm that articles are something that I often seem to be getting wrong when I am writing (and speaking) English. They seem like an unneeded extra, from the perspective of Slavic languages, where the information that they give is most often easily inferred from the context or the construction of the sentence.
- selimthegrim 9y agoIndian languages also lack articles - my mother immigrated to USA over 30 years ago and I still have to add in articles sometimes when I proofread something she writes.