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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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in front of the other students

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01i00in front of the other students02i02br
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0In the first case the students have been previously mentioned in context or are otherwise known to the speaker and, presumably, to the listener.0-
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0 in front of all the other students that are/were present (in the class, perhaps) or that we have been talking about02br
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00 in front of some people (you wouldn't necessarily know which people) who are/were also students02br
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00 It can be the difference between the specific ('the') and the general (no 'the'):02br
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0thank you for your illuminating explanation.02br
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00Why did you use 01i00specific02i00 and01i00 general02i00 as nouns? Can they be done and done often?02br
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00It can be the difference between the specific and the general00:0-
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0 01i00the + adjective02i00 can often be used as a noun. 0-
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