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Old 29-Oct-2007, 13:29
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Default Re: Indefinite article in appositional structures

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Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
No, it is a tendency; it would not be incorrect to omit the article there or to use the definite article.
The book says the definite article is incorrect in such instances. As I understand, you don't agree with this statement?

By the way, this seems to be a next (to many those that have been pointed out in these forums here) issue in which linguists have various (even opposite) opinions. This doesn't help us, learners.

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