L lydon Member Joined May 28, 2010 Member Type English Teacher May 28, 2010 #1 Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Examples are, A and B are the same. A is the same as B * I mistyped the title. Why use a THE in front of SAME Last edited: May 28, 2010
Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Examples are, A and B are the same. A is the same as B * I mistyped the title. Why use a THE in front of SAME
corum Senior Member Joined Feb 8, 2010 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Hungarian Home Country Hungary Current Location Hungary May 28, 2010 #2 lydon said: Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Examples are, A and B are the same. A is the sames as B Click to expand... Interesting! the same = XP; X = ? the yellow :cross: the French :tick: Never mind! I am just toying with English. the same (thing) A and B are the identical :cross: A and B are the same. :tick: A and B are identical. :tick: A and B are same. :?: 'the same' = adjectival idiom?
lydon said: Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Examples are, A and B are the same. A is the sames as B Click to expand... Interesting! the same = XP; X = ? the yellow :cross: the French :tick: Never mind! I am just toying with English. the same (thing) A and B are the identical :cross: A and B are the same. :tick: A and B are identical. :tick: A and B are same. :?: 'the same' = adjectival idiom?
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia May 28, 2010 #3 lydon said: Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Click to expand... That's a fair question given that we say, "A and B are different/similar", without the article. "Same" could have evolved in the same way, but it didn't.
lydon said: Hello Why do we have to use the THE in front of SAME? Click to expand... That's a fair question given that we say, "A and B are different/similar", without the article. "Same" could have evolved in the same way, but it didn't.