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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
why "a" and not "the"?
Hi,
Please take a look at the following one full and one partial sentences and tell me why the writer used the article "a" in those places.
1. At a summit of Pacific Rim countries, He was consulting ...
2. Will students, as a result, embrace it?
Sorry for not providing you with solid examples to pose the questions.
Please take a look at the following one full and one partial sentences and tell me why the writer used the article "a" in those places.
1. At a summit of Pacific Rim countries, He was consulting ...
2. Will students, as a result, embrace it?
Sorry for not providing you with solid examples to pose the questions.
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Believer, I'm surprised you are asking this question - your grasp to understand articles seems to have put you far beyond this rather simple aspect of them. How many summits have ever been held? More than one?
- Believer, I'm surprised you are asking this question - your grasp to understand articles seems to have put you far beyond this rather simple aspect of them.
- How many summits have ever been held?
- More than one?
- Yes.
- So "a" is needed.
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Believer, I'm surprised you are asking this question - your grasp to understand articles seems to have put you far beyond this rather simple aspect of them.
How many summits have ever been held? More than one? Yes. So "a" is needed. If you have already been discussion a specific summit, THEN you could use "the" becuase the reader already knows which one you mean.
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How many summits have ever been held? More than one? Yes. So "a" is needed. If you have already been discussion a specific summit, THEN you could use "the" becuase the reader already knows which one you mean.
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