Timeline for "The male pheasant is brightly colored" VS "A male pheasant is brightly colored" — When to use "the male" and when to use "a male"? [duplicate]
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| Dec 14, 2023 at 21:37 | history | closed |
James K ColleenV None Paul Tanenbaum Chenmunka |
Duplicate of Uses of the definite article (the) in generic noun phrases, The articles "a" and "the" in generic statements | |
| Dec 4, 2023 at 14:47 | answer | added | Tristan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 16:16 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 3, 2023 at 16:01 | comment | added | James K | Prefer "Male pheasants are ..." | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 15:33 | history | edited | avpaderno |
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| Dec 3, 2023 at 14:52 | answer | added | genius | timeline score: -2 | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 14:45 | answer | added | Lambie | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 14:44 | answer | added | TimR on some device | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 13:38 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | When talking about a particular species, it's usual to say the male, the female, the juvenile' (of that species). | |
| Dec 3, 2023 at 13:01 | history | asked | Loviii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |