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Ivanhr Posted 15 years ago
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My grammar book says that "same" is normally preceded by "the". However , I've encountered many sentences where it's preceded by "a".
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When a same sentence includes a background event and another event that interrupts it, the imparfait is used for the continuous event while the passé composé is used for the sudden one. (eg: Je lisais mon livre quand il est arrivé.)
As far as I can see, "same" can be safely left out and the sentence would still have the same meaning.
Any thoughts?
Ex
When a same sentence includes a background event and another event that interrupts it, the imparfait is used for the continuous event while the passé composé is used for the sudden one. (eg: Je lisais mon livre quand il est arrivé.)
As far as I can see, "same" can be safely left out and the sentence would still have the same meaning.
Any thoughts?
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Ivanhr My grammar book says that "same" is normally preceded by "the". This is correct. However , I've encountered many sentences where it's preceded by "a".
- Ivanhr My grammar book says that "same" is normally preceded by "the".
- This is correct.
- However , I've encountered many sentences where it's preceded by "a".
- That's surprising; it's very unusual.
- Ex When a same sentence includes a background event and another event that interrupts it, the imparfait is used for the continuous event while the passé composé is used for the sudden one.
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IvanhrMy grammar book says that "same" is normally preceded by "the". This is correct.
However , I've encountered many sentences where it's preceded by "a". That's surprising; it's very unusual.
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When a same sentence includes a background event and another event that interrupts
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Thanks, Rover. So, do you think it's ok to use it that way? I certainly don't see anything wrong with it semantically.
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