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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
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They will vote on an amendment...
They will vote on an amendment next month on whether to increase taxes or cut the public spending.
Is the determiner an correctly used in the sentence above?
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I wonder whether it should be "the" instead of "an" there. I think that the PP "on whether to increase taxes or cut the public spending" describes exactly what this amendment is dealing with.
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The definite article is correct only if the amendment referred to has been mentioned before.
- The definite article is correct only if the amendment referred to has been mentioned before.
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The definite article is correct only if the amendment referred to has been mentioned before.
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