Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...> writes:
> --- Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> > > 'Noise' syllables serve another very useful
> > function: In situations where
> > > the communication lines are not perfectly clear,
> > they help in
> > > communication. If I hear the word 'the', I know I
> > should expect a noun to
> > > follow immediately after. If I don't, I'd ask the
> > speaker to repeat. This
> >
> > `The big black ugly dog.' Noun phrase, then.
> >
> > Tristan
> Answer: Yes you are right for English, but in other
> languages, there are different ways to define noun
> phrase without 'the'. And in some times English can't
> define a word's meaning:'She went to bank.' what is
> the meaning of 'bank'?
Um....you can't say "She went to bank" you HAVE to say "She went to a/the bank"
Elliott
> Su Cheng Zhong