| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 27, 2003, 6:41 |
On Thursday 27 February 2003 6:16 am, Nik Taylor wrote:> Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > That's exactly why generalities always take the definite article in > > French. > > In my opinion, the "definite article" in English should be renamed "the > specific article", since it can (usually) only be used when referring to > a specific entity.I disagree. I think that definite and specific are synonyms in this case. I think the article in the romance langs shoudl be renamed.
| Tristan <kesuari@...> | |
| John Cowan <cowan@...> |