Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

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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