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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Confusion as to the correct forms to come before a noun

Hi. Please help. Which is correct? Thank you in advance.

1. He will have a green salad and the (or a? or an order of?) friend fish.
2. With him being an (or the?) only son, John took on a grave responsibilty.
3. Can he have some (or a piece of?) paper to write on?
  

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Hi, 1. He will have a green salad and the (or a ? ) friend fish.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • He will have a green salad and the (or a ?
  • ) friend fish.
  • 2.
  • ) only son, John took on a grave responsibilty.
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Hi,
1. He will have a green salad and the (or a? or an order of?) friend fish.
2. With him being an (or the?) only son, John took on a grave responsibilty.
3. Can he have some (or a piece of?) paper to write on?

1. He'll have a green salad and the fried fish, please.
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Thank you. Could you tell me why it has to be the definite article before the phrase "fried fish"? Sorry for my misspelling for the word "fried" in my previous post. Why couldn't it be "a fried fish"? Thank you in advance.

You wrote:

1. He'll have a green salad and the fried fish, please. (I try not to eat fish i
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'The fried fish' because it refers to a specific menu item.
'A fried fish' is wrong because seldom is a whole fish served.
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