Very simple doubt.. Please clarify

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Very simple doubt.. Please clarify

by BTG14 » Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:46 am
Hi All,

While revising ManhattanGMAT Prep, I found a question in SC Chapter 1:
Students at carver High school are encouraged to pursue extracurricular activities such as student government, sports, and the arts.

I know article "the" makes things specific. But is it meaningful right to write sentence like this(above one).

Somewhere in my brain it's not accepting because of parallelism .. its too annoying ... Please somebody help me
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by adthedaddy » Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:06 am
Hi,

IMO, the article 'the' in this sentence is used to separate out the unrelated distinct activities. 'The' may not be reqd where the activities are related.
Hence, the use of article 'the' seems justified.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary" - Steve Jobs

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