What is the fault in this sentence?
‘The poetry, the science and the history are all significant ideas constituting the western tradition’

My teacher told me that this is a faulty sentence. Could you help me find the fault?

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What is the fault in this sentence?
‘The poetry, the science and the history are all significant ideas constituting the western tradition’

My teacher told me that this is a faulty sentence. Could you help me find the fault?

Answer

Poetry, science and history are all significant ideas constituting the Western tradition’

Answer

It most probably has to do with the use of articles. It should go just "Poetry, science and history are all significant ideas constituting the Western tradition". That's because you are not talking about a particular kind of history or science, but history or science in general.

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