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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
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Why different articles here?

I left a hand at Harrenhal. Bringing the Brave Companions across the narrow sea was not one of Father’s better notions.


He took the eunuch by the hand and let himself be led through the black, following the soft scrape of leather on stone.

  

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Voytaszek : Why different articles here? To 'take (someone) by the hand' is a fixed phrase.

  • Voytaszek : Why different articles here?
  • To 'take (someone) by the hand' is a fixed phrase.
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Voytaszek: Why different articles here?

To 'take (someone) by the hand' is a fixed phrase.

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