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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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(the) remembrance poppies

Question:
I go to a store to buy a remembrance poppy. I tell the store clerk:
"Do you sell remembrance poppies"
She doesn't seem to know what these are, so I ask:
"You know - remembrance poppies?"
Can I also say:
"You know - (the) remembrance poppies?"
I am using the definite article for emphasis.
  

Top answer

"I am using the definite article for emphasis. The article probably won't help. It will just cause more confusion.

— AlpheccaStars

  • "I am using the definite article for emphasis.
  • The article probably won't help.
  • It will just cause more confusion.
  • Young people today have no memory of the Great War and its aftermath.
  • They don't really study history.
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Anonymous"You know - (the) remembrance poppies?"I am using the definite article for emphasis.
The article probably won't help. It will just cause more confusion.

Young people today have no memory of the Great War and its aftermath. They don't really study history.
You will have to explain.

Armistice Day poppies are paper lapel pins in th
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AlpheccaStarsThe article probably won't help. It will just cause more confusion.
Thank you. It won't help, you say, but it's not wrong either in this context, right?
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It's not very natural.
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