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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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00 Excuse me for another question on the article. I was looking at Rensselaer's Writing Center's webpage?? on articles and in it, it noted its fourth source of Definiteness as this: 02 br
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00 4. A modifying word, phrase, or clause follows the noun and makes it clear which specific person or thing you are referring to. But not every noun that is modified in this way is definite. It depends largely on the situation and on what you can reasonably expect your listener/reader to know about. 02 br
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00 Then it gave this example among others: 02 br
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01 i 00 Do you remember the girl who went camping with us? 02 i 02 br
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00 For this, it seems to imply an assumption has to be present which is that there is only one girl who went camping with you. 02 br
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00 I think in the post titled ""the" vs "a"", CalifJim gave these as his examples along with one other one. 02 br
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00 (Judy brought me) the glass of milk that I drank. 02 br
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00 (Thomas read) the letter that Maria wrote. 02 br
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00 Would you say in those two cases, an assumption is present and that is there is only one glass he drank and only one letter she wrote. If there were multiple glasses he drank or letters she wrote, the article "a" would be used? 0-
02 br
00 Excuse me for another question on the article. I was looking at Rensselaer's Writing Center's webpage?? on articles and in it, it noted its fourth source of Definiteness as this: 02 br
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00 4. A modifying word, phrase, or clause follows the noun and makes it clear which specific person or thing you are referring to. But not every noun that is modified in this way is definite. It depends largely on the situation and on what you can reasonably expect your listener/reader to know about. 02 br
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00 Then it gave this example among others: 02 br
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01 i 00 Do you remember the girl who went camping with us? 02 i 02 br
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00 For this, it seems to imply an assumption has to be present which is that there is only one girl who went camping with you. 02 br
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00 I think in the post titled ""the" vs "a"", CalifJim gave these as his examples along with one other one. 02 br
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00 (Judy brought me) the glass of milk that I drank. 02 br
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00 (Thomas read) the letter that Maria wrote. 02 br
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00 Would you say in those two cases, an assumption is present and that is there is only one glass he drank and only one letter she wrote. If there were multiple glasses he drank or letters she wrote, the article "a" would be used? 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 Or: 02 br 00 I drank a glass of milk, one of those which Judy had bought. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 Or: 02 br 00 I drank a glass of milk, one of those which Judy had bought.
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0 (Judy brought me) a glass of milk and I drank it. 02 br
00 (Judy brought me) a glass of milk, which I drank. 02 br
00 Then she bought me another (= an + other) glass of milk, which I drank again. 02 br
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00 And by the evening I felt like was going to explode. 02 br
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00 Or: 02 br
00 I drank a glass of milk, one of those which J
00 (Judy brought me) a glass of milk, which I drank. 02 br
00 Then she bought me another (= an + other) glass of milk, which I drank again. 02 br
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00 And by the evening I felt like was going to explode. 02 br
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00 Or: 02 br
00 I drank a glass of milk, one of those which J
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