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Swamp Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Don't you need article for 'Get on bus No. 3'?

This has no articles in the following sentence. Is it OK? And why?

Don't you need article for 'Get on bus No. 3'?

  

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Swamp Don't you need an article for 'Get on bus No. 3'? No.

— CalifJim

  • Swamp Don't you need an article for 'Get on bus No.
  • 3'?
  • No.
  • You rarely need an article when the referent is uniquely specified.
  • The referent of a noun phrase is the real world object it refers to.
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SwampDon't you need an article for 'Get on bus No. 3'?

No. You rarely need an article when the referent is uniquely specified. The referent of a noun phrase is the real world object it refers to. For example, the word "Chicago" refers to the city named "Chicago" and to no other city. "Chicago" uniquely specifie

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