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Old 02-Jun-2007, 09:46
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Default Re: The definite article before of-phrases

"Aspects of the Irish constitution and its implementation are clearly oppressive as well as offensive to other minorities beside the Protestant one. "

[General and unspecified] Aspects of the Irish constitution [very specific constitution]

of many people = general
of the British people = specific


of human interest = general
of the human mind = specific
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