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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"I want to buy a bag"
"What bag?"
Why in the 2nd sentence, is there no article? Is there a grammatic reason?
"What bag?"
Why in the 2nd sentence, is there no article? Is there a grammatic reason?
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Anonymous Why in the 2nd sentence, is there no article? Is there a grammatic reason? Yes, determiners cannot occur together, and both 'a' and 'what' are determiners.
- Anonymous Why in the 2nd sentence, is there no article?
- Is there a grammatic reason?
- Yes, determiners cannot occur together, and both 'a' and 'what' are determiners.
- In the same way, the following are not possible: (X) the my hat (X) these some pencils (X) which each one?
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AnonymousWhy in the 2nd sentence, is there no article? Is there a grammatic reason?Yes, determiners cannot occur together, and both 'a' and 'what' are determiners. In the same way, the following are not possible:
(X) the my hat
(X) these some pencils
(X) which each one?
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