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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Am I seeing a double?

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00Can you verify what I am perceiving to see is in fact what it is? 02br
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00The Lingnangho Bridge is one of the greatest bridges of our time00. (Let's pretend Lingnangho Bridge is a properly named one - a proper name.)02br
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00Here, you see that normally you wouldn't place "the" in front of the proper name unless you want to "specify" if, but it dawned on me that the writers are placing "thes" to function as sort of "articles" for words in proper names - Bridge although it is a part of a proper name, it might feel (?) out of place without an ariticle, so s/he arbitrary decides to put one there for the sake of its "appearance" and "01u00apparent02u00 functionality" ?02br
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00Like here, too.02br
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00The Sambo Bakery is a good place to purchase some palatable bakery goods.02br
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00Here, I am not sure for a "specificity" of the bakery or the writer just want to place "the" in front of the proper name for the reason that was brought out above. Help. 0-
  

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02i 00 Yes. You're right. I made this same point in another thread about determiners for a bakery just a few hours ago.

  • 02i 00 Yes.
  • You're right.
  • I made this same point in another thread about determiners for a bakery just a few hours ago.
  • You'll see it if you search around a bit.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Bet wishes, Clive02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Here, I am not sure for a "specificity" of the bakery 02font02br
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01font00or 01i00the writer just want to place "the" in front of the proper name for the reason that was brought out above.02i00 Yes. You're right. I made this same point in anothe
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0Hi,02br
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00Here in your sentence, why did you say "00 a great many queries00" when it seems "a" refers to "queries (a plural noun). Am I missing something or is it just one of those rarely occurring errors of a great linguist? 0-
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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00 why did you say "00 a great many queries00" when it seems "a" refers to "queries (a plural noun).02br
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01font00Good question.02font02br
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01font00'Many' is an adjective and also a noun, dependin

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