Fri Jun 15, 2007 20:15 pm Article Usuage (gave a talk about; saw a new idea about) |
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Please help resolve this problem of article usage
1. The 1980s saw a new idea about the role of states in Asia
2. John gave a talk about blacks in America
3. Conflict in country A has recieved less attention
Can these sentences be rephrased as? The 1980s saw a new idea about the role of states in Asia: The 1980s saw a new idea about the role of states. The states about which the new idea was found are in Asia
John gave a talk about blacks in America John gave a talk about blacks The blacks that John gave a talk about live in America
Conflict in country A has recieved less attention There is an act of conflict in country A The conflict has recieved less attention
Are "the role of states in Africa", "blacks in America" adjectival nouns, and "conflict in country A" specific nouns generic nouns existential nouns noun phraes definite/indefinite noun phrases adjectival nouns?
Why is that they are not definite: "the role of the states in Africa", "the blacks in America", and "the conflict in country A" given that the two sentences are about the class of states that are in Africa and the class of blacks that live in America.
Why is it that the three sentences do not go as follows: The 1980s saw a new idea about the role of states in Asia John gave a talk about the blacks in America The conflict in country A has received less attention
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kooiu New Member
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