Timeline for "Restrictive clause with indefinite article vs definite article"
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| Feb 12, 2019 at 11:35 | answer | added | Zeeshan Ali | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 10:02 | comment | added | BillJ | @Rompey The salient interpretation is that when using "the" like that, we are referring to any person, cf. "Any person who is poor has to face ...", and also cf. "the person who steals my possessions steals trash". | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 9:51 | comment | added | Victor B. | @BillJ - Even without context? How can we be sure that the PO means any poor person, not the one that was mentioned before or one from several ones already mentioned? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 9:38 | comment | added | BillJ | @Rompey Surely it distinguishes a poor person from some other kind of person and hence is restrictive. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 9:10 | comment | added | Victor B. | In the 2nd sentence, "who is poor" doesn't limit the possible meaning of a preceding subject "the person" but gives additional information about it -- so it is a non-restrictive clause and should be surrounded by commas. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:58 | comment | added | BillJ | "I have a math problem that I just cannot solve"; "I found a key that was dropped on the ground"; "I know a nice place where we can relax". | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:36 | comment | added | dz420 | I am referring to restrective clause.Can you give some examples of restrective clauses with "Indefinite articles"? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:23 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | What rule are you referring to here? Can you expand your question a little? (Either sentence might be perfectly correct in this case.) | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:19 | comment | added | dz420 | #P.E. Dant I edited my post please answer now. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:18 | history | edited | dz420 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 8:07 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | Is there an appositive in your sentences? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 7:08 | history | asked | dz420 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |