一个英语改错题WiththedevelopmentoftheInternet,moreandmorepeopletendtosendelectroniccardsinsteadofthepaperonesatNewYear's这是一道改错题,正确答案是去掉thepaperones前面的the,请问为什么要去掉the?

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一个英语改错题
With the development of the Internet ,more and more people tend to send electronic cards instead of the paper ones at New Year's 这是一道改错题,正确答案是去掉the paper ones前面的the ,请问为什么要去掉the?

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the作为定冠词限定具体的范围,在这里如果加上,就成了某一堆纸贺卡了.实际上句子的意思是：随着互联网的发展,越来越多的人新年偏向寄电子贺卡来替代纸质贺卡.paper ones泛指纸质贺卡这个大类别.