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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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help with articles

1font00"A 02font00statement of claim, 01font00a 02font00statement of defence or other documents filed by a party to a civil action shall be written in official languages of this country. "02br
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1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 01font 00"A 02font 00statement of claim, 01font 00a 02font 00statement of defence or other documents filed by a party to a civil action shall be written in official languages of this country. "02br 02br 00 I wonder whether the articles marked as blue shall be "the". can someone help me with this?

— Clive

  • 1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 01font 00"A 02font 00statement of claim, 01font 00a 02font 00statement of defence or other documents filed by a party to a civil action shall be written in official languages of this country.
  • "02br 02br 00 I wonder whether the articles marked as blue shall be "the".
  • can someone help me with this?
  • 02br 02br 01font 00This is a general and non-specific statement, so the indefinite articles sound fine to me.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00It would not seem wrong to use 'the', as meaning the documents specific to 'a civil action'.
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