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Old 02-Jun-2007, 16:18
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Question Re: The definite article before of-phrases

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Originally Posted by Anglika View Post
"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
Thank you.
One more question. So, the definite article used before or after of-phrases depends on whether the nouns are general or specific. Am I right?
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