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Apkemu Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Definite / Indefinite article

Here two sentences:

A poem that I like
The poem that I like


What I don’t understand how this could be “A poem that I like”?
Is this a poem that I haven't seen yet, but I liked it already?

  

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apkemu Here two sentences: They are phrases, not sentences. apkemu What I don’t understand how this could be “A poem that I like”? Is this a poem that I haven't seen yet, but I liked it already?

  • apkemu Here two sentences: They are phrases, not sentences.
  • apkemu What I don’t understand how this could be “A poem that I like”?
  • Is this a poem that I haven't seen yet, but I liked it already?
  • It took me a minute to see what you mean.
  • "A" means a lot of different things depending on context.
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apkemuHere two sentences:

They are phrases, not sentences.

apkemuWhat I don’t understand how this could be “A poem that I like”? Is this a poem that I haven't seen yet, but I liked it already?

It took me a minute to see what you mean. "A" means a lot of different things depending on context. The poem that you like

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They are not sentences as there is no main clause.

This is a poem that I like.

The sentence suggests that you like many poems and you are referring to one of them. You could also say This is one of the poems that I like.

CB

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