Timeline for Use of 'A' vs. 'The'?
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 15:38 | comment | added | Lambie | No, the rule is right. It's the OP's interpretation of it that is wrong. One does move from A to THE, but the THE has to go with the same object. | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 15:01 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 14:03 | comment | added | stangdon | That "rule" is wrong. A is used for nonspecific things (Tripoli is a city, because it's one of many) and the is used for specific ones (Tripoli is the city where I was born). | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 13:53 | history | edited | Nathan Tuggy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Relevant tag addition; irrelevant tag removal; formatted; blew away fluff
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 13:36 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 25, 2018 at 13:09 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 25, 2018 at 13:08 | history | asked | khaledwawa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |