Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 16, 2002, 11:53 |
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En réponse à Joe <joe@...>:
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> In that case, english has 3 articles 'a/an', 'the' and 'some'.
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Not really. 'Some' isn't as much used as the articles 'a/an' and 'the', and
certainly not comparable to the frequency of use of the partitive article in
French. But it's true that it's quite comparable to a plural version of 'a/an',
and we are taught in France that it works like French plural article 'des' or
the partitive article, just not used as often.
Christophe.
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