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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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skips the article
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There’s a little spider hanging on the back of it so you’ll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig. There’s even a dead insect in there.
It sounds like the interviewee skips the article, a. Does the sound really be omitted or might he have said but the recorder couldn’t catch it?
There’s a little spider hanging on the back of it so you’ll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig. There’s even a dead insect in there.
It sounds like the interviewee skips the article, a. Does the sound really be omitted or might he have said but the recorder couldn’t catch it?
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There’s a little spider hanging on the back of it, so you’ll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig. There’s even dead insect in there. eipjoo might he have said but the recorder couldn’t catch it?
- There’s a little spider hanging on the back of it, so you’ll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig.
- There’s even dead insect in there.
- eipjoo might he have said but the recorder couldn’t catch it?
- No, he has used 'insect' as an uncountable foodstuff (like 'beef' and 'dog').
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There’s a little spider hanging on the back of it, so you’ll see little pieces of leaf, little pieces of twig. There’s even dead insect in there.
eipjoomight he have said but the recorder couldn’t catch it?No, he has used 'insect' as an uncountable foodstuff (like 'beef' and 'dog').
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Mister Micawberuncountable foodstuff (like 'beef' and 'dog').So the BBC transcriber ought have considered a material noun before hastily put down the article. Thank you very much.
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Ah, the BBC transcriber erred, did he? Well, he is probably working under time constraints.
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