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of a weak vs of the weak

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Of a weak' is used when referring to a specific weak individual or group, while 'of the weak' is used when talking about weak people in general.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 795 views

of a weak

This phrase is correct when referring to a specific weak individual or group.

This phrase is used when talking about a particular weak person or group in a specific context.

Examples:

  • The teacher took advantage of a weak student's lack of confidence.
  • The company targeted the product at a weak segment of the market.
  • She was the protector of a weak and vulnerable child.
  • He was accused of preying on a weak and defenseless old man.
  • The politician exploited the situation of a weak community for personal gain.
  • LOUD SIGHS I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king!
  • Yost complained of a weak bladder.
  • However, SAS was concerned about investor perception of a weak liquidity position as a result of the significant upfront costs of implementing the 4XNG plan.
  • But countries in southern Europe, especially Spain, need the support of a weak currency to rebalance externally and return to current-account surpluses.
  • Ladies and gentlemen, before we go on I must ask that anyone easily impressed or suffering of a weak heart, leave the tent now.
  • It will pass, as all things born of a weak stomach.
  • He complained of a weak neck, I said to sit...
  • The Fed was right to adopt new expansionary monetary measures in the face of a weak US recovery.
  • In fact, the problem of a weak country, like a weak Europe, is that it does not have strong institutions.
  • I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but at the time, so did the Zygon.
  • Is that the work of a weak man?
  • In case of a weak USD, the supplier will receive a compensation for 100 % of the foreign exchange loss resulting from the weakness of the USD.
  • Is that the work of a weak man?
  • However, due to pressure on the part of the European Union and because of a weak national government, Slovakia will have to shut down two units of the nuclear power station at Jaslovské Bohunice by 2008.
  • Eliminate the final 2 ml of solvent with the aid of a weak current of nitrogen; then add 2-4 ml n-heptane.
  • The guarantee enables them to insure against loss suffered as a result of a weak dollar while, to a certain extent, making gains if the dollar is strong.
  • I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the stomach and heart of a king.
  • Do the advocates of a weak policy believe that such a flood will yield more fish?
  • Don't take advantage of a weak old lady, you band of criminals!
  • We must not forget that the current strength of the euro as a world currency is also a result of a weak dollar - it is not all down to the strength of the euro itself.

Alternatives:

  • of a vulnerable
  • of a feeble
  • of a frail
  • of a delicate
  • of a powerless

of the weak

This phrase is correct when referring to weak people in general.

This phrase is used when talking about weak individuals or groups in a general sense.

Examples:

  • The charity organization helps the needs of the weak in society.
  • It is important to stand up for the rights of the weak and marginalized.
  • The strong should protect the interests of the weak.
  • The policy aims to support the welfare of the weak and disadvantaged.
  • She dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of the weak.
  • Am I one of the weak?
  • Bluffing is the last desperate act of the weak.
  • That's the fate of the weak.
  • The issue is the protection of the weak, not some new form of protectionism.
  • My commitment to the protection of the weak and women afflicted by violence compels me to vote in favour of legislation to guarantee the protection of victims of violence.
  • The strong have been sapped... by the whimpering propaganda of the weak.
  • Yesterday on the radio someone from an NGO was discussing the power of the weak.
  • Peace is the banner of the weak.
  • Mercy is a lie, a delusion of the weak to think themselves strong.
  • According to this argument, these factors were the key causes of the weak performance by the Union industry.
  • I thought you were the protector of the weak and the dispossessed.
  • Newspaper over there, vultures that live of the weak have printed the fact that our little princess is the daughter of Alvin Lee.
  • Am I one of the weak?
  • I'm going to allow you to live, let you return to the land of the weak.
  • And since you don't see yourself as one of the weak ones, Maybe a good solution would be for me to unload My years of rage and frustration and pain onto your head
  • A weapon aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate!
  • Social discrimination has to be opposed, and the rights of the weak and disadvantaged, and of children, have to be upheld as we in the European Union have championed them.
  • The last recourse of the weak.
  • You are one of the weak.
  • Defence of the weak cannot be justified in an Aristotelian way, with merely rational arguments.

Alternatives:

  • of the vulnerable
  • of the feeble
  • of the frail
  • of the delicate
  • of the powerless

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