The Thames and the Pacific
Could someone explain to me why in the first definition we have the idefinite article and in the second one the definite one? I would have used the definite one also for the first definition since there is only one `object` which we reffer as the Thames
the Thames
a http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/river in the http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/south of http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/england that http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flow through London, http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/oxford, and some other http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/town
the Pacific
the http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ocean that is to the http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/east of http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/asia and http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/australasia and to the http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/west of http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/north and http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/south http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/america
Top answer
The Thames isn't the only river in the south of England but the Pacific is the only ocean between Asia, the Americas and Australia. CB
- The Thames isn't the only river in the south of England but the Pacific is the only ocean between Asia, the Americas and Australia.
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The Thames isn't the only river in the south of England but the Pacific is the only ocean between Asia, the Americas and Australia.
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