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1) Q: How is your grandfather?
A: He's _______________ little sick, but it's nothing serious. (No article or a or the)
'a' is the correct answer.
Bit sick is adjective. So I think it should be he's little sick, but...
2) Q: Are you watching _______________ Lakers-Celtics game? What's _______________ score?
A: The Lakers are winning by 15.
( The Lakers-Celtics game.
The Lakers.
Why 'the' is used in the above 2 sentences? )
Thank you
1) Q: How is your grandfather?
A: He's _______________ little sick, but it's nothing serious. (No article or a or the)
'a' is the correct answer.
Bit sick is adjective. So I think it should be he's little sick, but...
2) Q: Are you watching _______________ Lakers-Celtics game? What's _______________ score?
A: The Lakers are winning by 15.
( The Lakers-Celtics game.
The Lakers.
Why 'the' is used in the above 2 sentences? )
Thank you
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1-- Bit sick is adjective. - 'A little' is a phrasal quantifier, so the article 'a' does not apply to the adjective. -- The first 'the' because it is a specific game that both speaker and listener know about, and the second 'the' because a game has only one score at any time.
- 1-- Bit sick is adjective.
- - 'A little' is a phrasal quantifier, so the article 'a' does not apply to the adjective.
- -- The first 'the' because it is a specific game that both speaker and listener know about, and the second 'the' because a game has only one score at any time.
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1-- Bit sick is adjective. So I think it should be he's little sick, but...- 'A little' is a phrasal quantifier, so the article 'a' does not apply to the adjective.
2) Why 'the' is used in the above 2 sentences?-- The first 'the' because it is a specific game that both speaker and listener know about, and the second 'the' because a game has only one score at any time.
2) Why 'the' is used in the above 2 sentences?-- The first 'the' because it is a specific game that both speaker and listener know about, and the second 'the' because a game has only one score at any time.
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