atw: Re: when to use 'a' and 'the'
- From: "White, Bruce" <white@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:20:30 +1000
beadle,
I definitely think that someone has written an article on
this one.
Try _a_ web search for _the_ "definite article"
?..Bruce?..
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} -----Original Message-----
} From: beadle whitehead
} Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:12 PM
} To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
} Subject: atw: when to use 'a' and 'the'
}
}
} This may seem bleeding obvious, but what are
} the rules, guidelines, whatever
} of using 'a' and 'the' and not using them at all?
}
} I am working with a lady from a non-English
} speaking background who has
} excellent English except for a few little
} things, like when to use 'a' and
} 'the' and when to omit them altogether.
}
} ... when is it a rule, when do I refer to the
} rule, or are rules ...
}
} ... when do I speak of a danger, or just
} danger, and when does it become the
} danger?
}
} Is there a reference book that explains this
} aspect of English grammar?
}
} the /a bamboozled writer
}
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