Timeline for Article Confusion Again! Why is there an 'a' instead of a 'the'?
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| Aug 20, 2014 at 7:10 | comment | added | Andrew Savinykh | "Esoteric Screen Name"'s explanation is good, but yours makes even more sense to me. Well done =) | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 22:04 | comment | added | supercat | It may be helpful to suggest that "the X of a Y" is "a Y's X", while "an X of a Y" is "one of a Y's Xs". One could perhaps say "One of a beloved South Park character's deaths", and thus say "a death of a beloved South Park character", but for reasons you noted that construct wouldn't be applicable to beloved real people. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 17:58 | history | answered | Ilmari Karonen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |