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 qdii qdii July 4, 2011 July 4, 2011 at 12:21:30 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

*What happened to *the acid rain

Acid rain has to be defined since the second part of your sentence refers to it. I think you'd rather use a plural form here, unless your sentence focuses on one particular acid rain, in which case the French translation is wrong.

darinmex darinmex July 4, 2011 July 4, 2011 at 12:28:02 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I don't agree. Including "the" just doesn't sound right. I wish I could cite a grammar rule but I can't. Maybe we could use another opinion here.

qdii qdii July 4, 2011 July 4, 2011 at 12:32:04 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Ok :)

Zifre Zifre August 7, 2011 August 7, 2011 at 11:46:35 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@qdii: In English, "acid rain" usually refers to the phenomenon and not to individual occurrences of it. You wouldn't say "the" for the same reason that you wouldn't say "the general relativity".

qdii qdii August 7, 2011 August 7, 2011 at 11:53:08 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Okay. What about the first word of the sentence. Is "Whatever?" correct? I'd have said "What"

qdii qdii August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011 at 12:42:08 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

oh okay :)
then I was wrong altogether, sorry!

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Whatever happened to acid rain? You don't hear about it in the news anymore.

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