Alexey86
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I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean in my imagined context where the speaker is picking out one amount from many?
Yes. The speaker is picking up one amount from many taking into account if the listener is already aware of this amount.
No. Use either an or remove the entire bracket part.
I'm confused. There are two amounts to choose from. The speaker is referring to the amount (s)he has already mentioned, i.e. 100mg. Why is the amount incorrect? I'm asking only about grammar, not naturalness.
Huh? Does what mean what?
I mean the specificity of reference the speaker chooses depends on his/her knowledge of the listener's knowledge or shared knowledge (conversational courtesy).
I'll have to think about this more before, but I'm not sure it's possible to say.
Why would you choose these definite NPs if you were the speaker?
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