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Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 21:33
Joe scripsit:

> Essential? Articles serve no essential purpose in a language. They clarify, > but a distinction is not neccesary.
Essential within the language. A person who does not know (implicitly) when to use "the" and when to use "a" does not fully know how to speak English. -- Said Agatha Christie / To E. Philips Oppenheim John Cowan "Who is this Hemingway? / Who is this Proust? jcowan@reutershealth.com Who is this Vladimir / Whatchamacallum, http://www.reutershealth.com This neopostrealist / Rabble?" she groused. http://www.ccil.org/cowan --author unknown to me; any suggestions?

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