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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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a man of great ideas

0Hi,02br
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00I think that I have sorted out the general rules regarding the usage of articles in front of nouns, whether it be a uncount one or count one. But sometimes I feel that I am not being sensitive to the need of articles for the second noun (s) that follow something like "of" of this example,02br
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01u00a man02u00 of 01u00great ideas02u02br
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00OK, I can say "a man" or "the man" based on specificity and prior precedence.02br
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00How about the second noun "ideas"? In that case too, you can put "the" or decide not to put "the" but the rule of specificity and prior precedence 01u00apply in the SAME WAY02u00 as the first noun?02br
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00The rules regarding articles are 01u00universal 02u00regardless of the forms the words are being fall under? If so, is it right to say the rule of specificity and prior precedence will be applicable and will be applied in all and every situation with no exceptions 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00the rule of specificity and prior precedence will be applicable02font 00 00Yes, generally speaking, that sounds correct. 02br 02br 01font 00and will be applied in all and every situation with no exceptions02font 00 00I don't think that language is ever as absolute as you seem to hope here. It's not an exact science.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00the rule of specificity and prior precedence will be applicable02font 00 00Yes, generally speaking, that sounds correct.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00and will be applied in all and every situation with no exceptions02font 00 00I don't think that language is ever as absolute as you seem to hope here.
  • It's not an exact science.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00the rule of specificity and prior precedence will be applicable02font00 00Yes, generally speaking, that sounds correct. If you like, why don't you write some sentences to test this principle, and post here any that you want to ask about?02br
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0Thank you. There is a sentence below that has two "THEs" and wish to ask you whether the rule of specificity and the applicability of prior precedence will still prevail for the two "Thes" here.02br
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01i00Please help me to be enlightened about 01u00the02u00 proper usage of 01u00the02u00 words mentioned above. 02i
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