For the United States, the could mean a lot more episodes like the one in August 2012, when Hurricane Isaac closed ports and suspended barge traffic on parts of the Mississippi River." (The Washington Post.)
Why is determiner "the" introducing the verb phrase in the above?
anonymous Why is does the determiner "the" introdu ce the verb phrase in the passage above? It's a misprint. "the" was most likely supposed to be "this".
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anonymousWhyisdoes the determiner "the" introduce the verb phrase in the passage above?
It's a misprint. "the" was most likely supposed to be "this". Or maybe there was a noun after "the" that was missed in a copy-and-paste proce