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Mythical Lady Posted 19 years ago
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a Mrs. Yong

0Hello there,02br
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00"The person in charge of the campaign is 01font01b00a02b02font00 Mr. Yong, a lean, tall, rather arrogant man."02br
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00The use of the indifinete article "a" here is a little bit bwildering or is it familiar in Eng.? Could the writer here mean that there are many Mr. Yongs and she wants to designate one by using the determiner "a"?02br
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00Thanks in advance.02br
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00My Regards,0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Mythical Lady12cite 10Hello there,12br 12br 10"The person in charge of the campaign is 11font 11b 10a12b 12font 10 Mr. 0-

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0 01blockquote
01cite10Mythical Lady12cite10Hello there,12br
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10"The person in charge of the campaign is 11font11b10a12b12font10 Mr. Yong, a lean, tall, rather arrogant man."12br
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10This means that you do not know this person.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00This means that you do not know this person.02font00 That's true. But it's also true to say that the writer means 02br
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01font00. . . that there are ( 00potentially ) 00many Mr. Yongs and she wants to designate one by using the determiner "a".02font
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