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Akavall Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

A question about "the"

1i00A day before 00Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton00 and 00Sen. Barack Obama00 were to compete for a small scattering of delegates in 00Wyoming00, Clinton cast herself as 01b00the02b00 underdog and said the odds are not in her favor.02i02br
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00I don't understand why 01b01i00the 02i02b00is used. Would using 01b01i00an 02i02b00be incorrect? 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01i 01font 00A day before 00Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton00 and 00Sen. 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00I don't understand why 01b 01i 00the 02i 02b 00is used.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01i 01font 00A day before 00Sen.
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton00 and 00Sen.
  • 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00I don't understand why 01b 01i 00the 02i 02b 00is used.
  • Would using 01b 01i 00an 02i 02b 00be incorrect?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01i01font00A day before 00Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton00 and 00Sen. Barack Obama00 were to compete for a small scattering of delegates in 00Wyoming00, Clinton cast herself as 01b00the02b00 underdog and said the odds are not in her favor.02font02i02br
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0Clive, Thanks, so01b01i00 the 02i02b00should only be used when the contest is between two people?02br
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00Just for the record, Mike Gravel is still running for the democratic nomination, but he is so far behind, so it is reasonable not to consider him a part of the contest 05000.010id1
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0 the: indicates unicity/uniqueness or singleness, the fact that something is special 0-
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01cite10Akavall12cite10I don't understand why 11b11i10the 12i12b10is used. Would using 11b11i10an 12i12b10be incorrect?12blockquote
10 01i00the underdog02i00 indicates the one specific underdog in this specific competiti
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0CalifJim, this was helpful! Thank You. 0-
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