Question

US researchers said on Wednesday they had calculated ___ price of residing in sprawled-out communities

Answer 1

Answer :

This question is based on articles.

The correct sentence is :

US researchers said on Wednesday they had calculated the price of residing in sprawled-out communities

Articles refer to the words 'a,' 'an' and 'the' which are used to provide definiteness to a specific noun in a sentence. 'The' is the definite article and is used when a specific object is being referred to. 'A' and 'an are indefinite articles. The indefinite article 'a' is used when the noun following it begins with a consonant sound and the indefinite article 'an' is used when the noun following it begins with a vowel sound.

In the given sentence, the definite article 'the' would be used as the specific price of residing in sprawled-out communities is being talked about.

Answer 2

Answer:the

Explanation:

US researchers said on Wednesday they had calculated _the__ price of residing in sprawled-out communities

ARTICLE

• An article is a word that is used to indicate that a noun  to be a noun without describing it.
• The determiners a/an and the are called "articles"which are most common of all determiners.
• Article comes at the very beginning of a noun phrase. It is divided into "indefinite" and "definite" .
• THE is a definite article (the)  which is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
• A, AN are the indefinite articles (a, an) it is to use a when the indefinite article precedes a word beginning with a consonant sound where as an when it precedes a word starting with a vowel sound.

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