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Tostyle un Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Hello teachers,

What is the difference between the toe sentences?

"It's just the earthquake."

"It's just an earthquake."
  

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It's the normal difference between 'the' and 'a'. In the first case the earthquake has been referred to previously; in the second, it hasn't.

— Fivejedjon

  • It's the normal difference between 'the' and 'a'.
  • In the first case the earthquake has been referred to previously; in the second, it hasn't.
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It's the normal difference between 'the' and 'a'. In the first case the earthquake has been referred to previously; in the second, it hasn't.
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