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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

A sweeper/ a certain sweeper

A: The street was very dirty yesterday, but it's totally different now.

B: I think a (certain) sweeper sweeped it.

If I put 'certain' in B, is it different from just a sweeper?
  

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moon7296 If I put 'certain' in B, is it different from just a sweeper? You are saying that you know which particular sweeper did the work. B: I think a (certain) sweeper swept it.

  • moon7296 If I put 'certain' in B, is it different from just a sweeper?
  • You are saying that you know which particular sweeper did the work.
  • B: I think a (certain) sweeper swept it.
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moon7296If I put 'certain' in B, is it different from just a sweeper?
You are saying that you know which particular sweeper did the work.

B: I think a (certain) sweeper swept it.

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