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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Definite article, "the"
Is the following sentence right? Or, must I use "a/an" instead of "the" in the "there is ~" sentence form?
There is the apple in the basket.
Some told me I can use the definite article if the modified noun is already mentioned or known to listeners, but others just I can't because the definite article doesn't match the "there is/are ~" form.
There is the apple in the basket.
Some told me I can use the definite article if the modified noun is already mentioned or known to listeners, but others just I can't because the definite article doesn't match the "there is/are ~" form.
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lucas21c Is the following sentence right? ". g.
- lucas21c Is the following sentence right?
- ".
- g.
- perhaps we have been looking for it.
- There are potentially various ways to punctuate this, and I suppose some people might write it with no internal punctuation at all (though this does not seem ideal to me).
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lucas21cIs the following sentence right?Not with the same meaning of "there is" as is found in "there is an apple ...". It is possible, however, in the sense like "There is the apple – in the basket", e.g. perhaps we have been looking for it. There are potentially various ways to punctuate this, and I suppose some people might write it with no internal punctu
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