Of ten students, nine came from the countryside.
这个句子对吗?为何没定冠词?我感觉应该是:
Of the tenstudents, nine came from the countryside.
网友的句子用不需要定冠词都可以,但意思有所不同——有定冠词是特指的10个学生;没定冠词是泛指的10个学生。比较:
Of ten students, nine came from the countryside. 10个学生中有9个来自农村(即百分之九十的学生来自农村)。
Of the ten students, nine came from the countryside. 在这10个学生中,其中有9个是来自农村。