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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

No in front of proper name with definite article

Hi. There is a skyscraper called the 63 Building in Korea, and I believe the definite article "the" accompanies the name whenever it is used in sentences. Now, let's say there was a visitor to Japan who asked a Japanese where the 63 Building was when he landed in Japan. He mistakenly thought that the building was in Japan, instead of Korea. Now, can we use the word "no" in front of the name to answer the question like this?

There's no 63 Building here in Japan.

How about this? Can we say this?

He thinks we need another 63 Building.

I'm sorry, but please help me with this, too. What would be the difference between using the past perfect tense "had mistakenly thought" instead of the one used "mistakenly thought" (the past tense) in the underlined part above?
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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There is a skyscraper called the 63 Building in Korea. There's no 63 Building here in Japan. He thinks we need another 63 Building .

— Mister Micawber

  • There is a skyscraper called the 63 Building in Korea.
  • There's no 63 Building here in Japan.
  • He thinks we need another 63 Building .
  • Those are all fine.
  • Anonymous What would be the difference between using the past perfect tense "had mistakenly thought" instead of the one used "mistakenly thought" (the past tense) in the underlined part above?
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There is a skyscraper called the 63 Building in Korea.
There's no 63 Building here in Japan.
He thinks we need another 63 Building.

Those are all fine.
AnonymousWhat would be the difference between using the past perfect tense "had mistakenly thought" instead of the one used "mistakenly thought" (the past tense) in the underlined part a
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