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Old 02-Jul-2004, 20:24
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It is a very difficult area for Japanese learners- I know this well as I have a Japanese partner. In the example of 'the wrong book', we use the definite article because we are only interested in the one book you brought in contrast to the one you didn't; we aren't interested in the thousands of other wrong books you could have brought. So, yes, Oichi, I do agree with your analysis.
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