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Tmn111 Posted 17 years ago
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I found a caption of a painting in a book which says:
"The Byzantine emperor Basil II triumphant over the Bulgar tribes, in an image based on an 11-century miniature from St Mark's Basilica in Venice."
Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption?
Shouldn't be "the" there? We say about an unique thing.
"The Byzantine emperor Basil II triumphant over the Bulgar tribes, in an image based on an 11-century miniature from St Mark's Basilica in Venice."
Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption?
Shouldn't be "the" there? We say about an unique thing.
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" Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption? Shouldn't be "the" there? We say about an unique thing.
- " Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption?
- Shouldn't be "the" there?
- We say about an unique thing.
- Perhaps the writer does not think it is unique.
- A more likely explanation is this.
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Hi,
"The Byzantine emperor Basil II triumphant over the Bulgar tribes, in an image based on an 11-century miniature from St Mark's Basilica in Venice."
Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption?
Shouldn't be "the" there? We say about an unique thing.
Perhaps the writer does not think it is unique.
"The Byzantine emperor Basil II triumphant over the Bulgar tribes, in an image based on an 11-century miniature from St Mark's Basilica in Venice."
Why is there "an image", "an 11-century miniature" in the caption?
Shouldn't be "the" there? We say about an unique thing.
Perhaps the writer does not think it is unique.
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