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Oleg L Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Usage of 'A/An/The/zero' articles
Hello,
I can't understand many cases where some kind of article is used. For example in the following sentance from English book for learning:
"Here is part of a passage from the Preview Reading Test and a factual question about it."
I have no idea why the noun part is not preceded by 'the' article, because whe can understand that it is definite part from specified passage. Please, help me.
And as a little additional question: should I use 'the' before specified passage in sentence: it is definite part from specified passage?
Thank you.
I can't understand many cases where some kind of article is used. For example in the following sentance from English book for learning:
"Here is part of a passage from the Preview Reading Test and a factual question about it."
I have no idea why the noun part is not preceded by 'the' article, because whe can understand that it is definite part from specified passage. Please, help me.
And as a little additional question: should I use 'the' before specified passage in sentence: it is definite part from specified passage?
Thank you.
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Before addressing your question, let me just emphasize that "specific" and "definite" are two different things. So while the part in question is certainly specific, it is not definite (because it hasn't been mentioned/specified yet). Hence, no "the" is required before "part".
- Before addressing your question, let me just emphasize that "specific" and "definite" are two different things.
- So while the part in question is certainly specific, it is not definite (because it hasn't been mentioned/specified yet).
- Hence, no "the" is required before "part".
- "a" would be ok though because the noun "part" has a peculiar grammar.
- Here is (a) part of a passage.....
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Before addressing your question, let me just emphasize that "specific" and "definite" are two different things. So while the part in question is certainly specific, it is not definite (because it hasn't been mentioned/specified yet). Hence, no "the" is required before "part".
"a" would be ok though because the noun "part" has a peculiar grammar.
Here is (a) part of a passage..... (par
"a" would be ok though because the noun "part" has a peculiar grammar.
Here is (a) part of a passage..... (par
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