Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I sorted of learned from somewhere online that you would use the definite article before a noun in situations like this if you have encountered only one person in a yellow tropical shirt all day yesterday. 02 br
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01 i 00 The man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 i 02 br
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00 But unlikely as it seems, if I saw more than one person wearing a yellow tropical shirt yesterday, could I use this? 02 br
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01 i 00 A man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 i 02 br
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00 How about this? 02 br
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01 i 00 The long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring. 02 i 02 br
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00 Does that assume I have in my mind one such long discussion? Could I use the definite article even if there were more than one long discussion held between me and him or her yesterday as long as I have that long discussion in my mind when I write the sentence? 02 br
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00 If there were more than one long discussion between me and him/her, only possible article I can use is an indefinite article like here? 02 br
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01 i 00 A long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring 02 i 00 . 0-
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00 I sorted of learned from somewhere online that you would use the definite article before a noun in situations like this if you have encountered only one person in a yellow tropical shirt all day yesterday. 02 br
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01 i 00 The man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 i 02 br
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00 But unlikely as it seems, if I saw more than one person wearing a yellow tropical shirt yesterday, could I use this? 02 br
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01 i 00 A man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 i 02 br
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00 How about this? 02 br
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01 i 00 The long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring. 02 i 02 br
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00 Does that assume I have in my mind one such long discussion? Could I use the definite article even if there were more than one long discussion held between me and him or her yesterday as long as I have that long discussion in my mind when I write the sentence? 02 br
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00 If there were more than one long discussion between me and him/her, only possible article I can use is an indefinite article like here? 02 br
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01 i 00 A long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring 02 i 00 . 0-
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0 > 01 i 00 A man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 br 01 i 00 >A long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring 02 i 00 . 02 br 00 No.
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0 > 01 i 00 A man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 i 02 br
00 No. 02 br
01 i 01 b 00 One of 02 b 00 the 01 b 00 men 02 b 02 i 00 in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 br
01 i 00 >A long discussion I had yesterday with
00 No. 02 br
01 i 01 b 00 One of 02 b 00 the 01 b 00 men 02 b 02 i 00 in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now. 02 br
01 i 00 >A long discussion I had yesterday with
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0 «A man in a yellow tropical shirt I saw yesterday is standing in front of me now.» 02 br
00 Sure, it is incorrect. Try something like: "One of the men..." 02 br
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00 «The long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring.» 02 br
00 OK if there was only one long discussion with "him". 02 br
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00 «Could I use the definite articl
00 Sure, it is incorrect. Try something like: "One of the men..." 02 br
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00 «The long discussion I had yesterday with you was boring.» 02 br
00 OK if there was only one long discussion with "him". 02 br
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00 «Could I use the definite articl
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