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Old 04-Apr-2008, 09:07
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Default Re: Using indefinite article with first names

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Hi DavidL:

How would you similarly characterise the corresponding use of the definite article, as in "Treating the hurt and bewildered Hermione with an icy sneering indifference.", as per stuartnz's comment?
I do hope that Hermione's "hurt and bewildered" state was temporary rather than a statement of permanent fact?
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