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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
what does it mean?
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 According 01 u 00 to the Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's online help site 02 u 00 , one of the Five Sources of Definiteness is told as: 02 br
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00 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. 02 br
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00 Plese tell me what that means. 02 br
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00 Did I write the underlined possessive correctly? 0-
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00 According 01 u 00 to the Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's online help site 02 u 00 , one of the Five Sources of Definiteness is told as: 02 br
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00 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. 02 br
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00 Plese tell me what that means. 02 br
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00 Did I write the underlined possessive correctly? 0-
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0 Hi Believer, 02 br 02 br 00 I am having a hard time understanding it as well. 02 br 02 br 00 Your use of the possession is fine. 010id 4
- 0 Hi Believer, 02 br 02 br 00 I am having a hard time understanding it as well.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Your use of the possession is fine.
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0 Hi Believer, 02 br
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00 I am having a hard time understanding it as well. But I had to answer this one, because, as an alumna of that fine institution, I can tell you they are far more well known for their engineers than their writers (I am a notable expection, of course 05 0 00 ). 02 br
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00 Your use of the possession is fine. I'll go back and look
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00 I am having a hard time understanding it as well. But I had to answer this one, because, as an alumna of that fine institution, I can tell you they are far more well known for their engineers than their writers (I am a notable expection, of course 05 0 00 ). 02 br
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00 Your use of the possession is fine. I'll go back and look
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00 Okay, I understand it now. Actually, it's a pretty good explanation. Here is it with a larger context. 02 p
01 p00 A modifying word, phrase, or clause 01 b 00 follows 02 b 00 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 si
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0 Thank you, GG. 02 br
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00 I think I do understand the examples given by your alma mater's website but what I don't understand is when you have a word, phrase or clause that follows the noun and makes it clear which specific person or thing you are referring to, by that fact, it seems the definiteness is established. Am I wrong? If a noun is definite due to that fact, what d
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00 I think I do understand the examples given by your alma mater's website but what I don't understand is when you have a word, phrase or clause that follows the noun and makes it clear which specific person or thing you are referring to, by that fact, it seems the definiteness is established. Am I wrong? If a noun is definite due to that fact, what d
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0 I thought the Web site did a good job of that: 02 br
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00 John is reading 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 book 01 i 00 about quantum physics 02 i 00 . ... there is undoubtedly more than one book about quantum physics, 00 so it is still indefinite 00 . 02 br
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00 To make 01 i 00 book 02 i 00 definite, we would have
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00 John is reading 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 book 01 i 00 about quantum physics 02 i 00 . ... there is undoubtedly more than one book about quantum physics, 00 so it is still indefinite 00 . 02 br
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00 To make 01 i 00 book 02 i 00 definite, we would have
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