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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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0I have a sentence below that does not seem to be correct in more than one way. Help.02br
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01i00I will be attending a "Dragon Claw" Festival in Nowhere city. 02i02br
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00(Let's assume/pretend that 01i00Nowhere02i00 is the name of a city.) 02br
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003 questions on the sentence:02br
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001) Can I replace the "a" with the "the"? How would it make the sentence different?02br
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002) Are the apostrophes necessary when the proper name seems to be 01i00Dragon Claw Festival02i00?02br
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003) What is the proper name of the festival?0-
  

Top answer

0Hello Believer02br 02br 001. "a" suggests that there are several "Dragon Claw" festivals. Perhaps Somewhere city and Anywhere city also have them.

— MrPedantic

  • 0Hello Believer02br 02br 001.
  • "a" suggests that there are several "Dragon Claw" festivals.
  • Perhaps Somewhere city and Anywhere city also have them.
  • 02br 02br 00But it can also suggest that your interlocutor may not have heard of "Dragon Claw" festivals.
  • )02br 02br 002.
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0Hello Believer02br
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001. "a" suggests that there are several "Dragon Claw" festivals. Perhaps Somewhere city and Anywhere city also have them. 02br
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00But it can also suggest that your interlocutor may not have heard of "Dragon Claw" festivals. In this usage, there may be one or several DCFs.02br
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00"the" can suggest that t
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