Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

On Thursday 27 February 2003 6:53 am, Tristan wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 February 2003 6:16 am, Nik Taylor wrote:
> >>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.
>
> To?
>
> Tristan.
The 'general article'?

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