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00Does this mean it is thinking of probable situations in which there are more than one council? I feel the use of 'the' can be acceptable too eventhough it is thought to be more than one council elsewhere.02br
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00Thus, in February xxx, a 25-member Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea was established with XXX as its chairman.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Does this mean it is thinking of probable situations in which there are more than one council? 02font 02br 02br 00The indefinite article shows that the writer is thinking that various kinds of councils were possible. eg 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0024-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea 02i 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0025-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea02i 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0026-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea 02i 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02br 01font 00are writer is02font 0-

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Does this mean it is thinking of probable situations in which there are more than one council?
  • 02font 02br 02br 00The indefinite article shows that the writer is thinking that various kinds of councils were possible.
  • eg 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0024-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea 02i 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0025-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea02i 02br 02br 01i 00a 01b 0026-member02b 00 Democatic Council of Representatives of South Korea 02i 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02br 01font 00are writer is02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Does this mean it is thinking of probable situations in which there are more than one council? I feel the use of 'the' can be acceptable too eventhough it is thought to be more than one council elsewhere.02font02br
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01font00Thus, in February ***, a 25-member Democatic
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0Thank you. How would someone place 'a' here? Since they think there is more than one disabled grant available elsewhere? What troubles me is the use of an indefinite article in front of a noun that is capitalized -- which makes me think it is 01u00a??(do I need this?) one and only kind of something 02u00. Could it be possible?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00There are lots of cases where we put an indefinite article in front of a capitalized noun.02br
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00eg01u00 Would you like01b00 a02b00 Coke?02u02br
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01u00eg I needed a new car, so I bought01b00 a02b00 Toyota Camry.02u02br
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1b00A02b00 council was established. My first reaction is, "There was no council before it was established, so how could it be 01b00the02b00 council"?02br
01b00A02b00 council consisting of 25 members was established. Again, 01b00the02b00 council consisting of 25 members did not exist yet. If you use
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