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echo: english_tutor
to: ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
from: DALLAS HINTON
date: 2017-09-21 22:45:00
subject: articles are a good subje

Hi alexander -- on Sep 18 2017 at 16:41, you wrote:

 DH> Thirdly (and what you really wanted to know!) the article could be
 DH> either "a" or "the".  Isn't English great? :-)

ak> You mean there is no difference?

I think one has to decide whether to talk in broad terms ("a") or in slightly
more specific ones ("the"). It's really a personal preference.


Cheers... Dallas

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