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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

'a' vs 'the'

Could you tell me which one is right between 'a' and 'the' in the following sentence? Thank you.

In India, English is [a/the] second language.
  

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a = one of maybe several which people may use as a second language (where it's the only second language, 'a' can also be used to make a contrast with countries where it's the first language); the = it's the main second language, others don't come close. d

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  • a = one of maybe several which people may use as a second language (where it's the only second language, 'a' can also be used to make a contrast with countries where it's the first language); the = it's the main second language, others don't come close.
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a = one of maybe several which people may use as a second language (where it's the only second language, 'a' can also be used to make a contrast with countries where it's the first language);
the = it's the main second language, others don't come close.
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