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#2 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 18:11 pm Usage of article: I'm expecting the call from a client in the Netherlands. |
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Yes, if unmarked, I wouldn't use the call there. I might here though:
Let me know if the phone rings because I'm expecting the call from the client in the Netherlands.
Mind if you want to emphasise/mark "the", you could:
Let me know if the phone rings because I'm expecting the (pronounced: thee)* call from a client in the Netherlands.
*i.e The one and only, the most important call (salient), the one I have so been waiting for. |
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Molly I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 18:50 pm Usage of article: I'm expecting the call from a client in the Netherlands. |
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And so you have the same idea as me? which means all these are alright, according to which part we want to emphasize?
a call from a client (any calls, any clients) a call from the client (emphasize the client) the call from a client (emphasize the call itself - that only and only call) the call from the client (emphasize both - that very call from that very client) _________________ :(... something we never have again, I know... I guess I really really know.. :(
Sorry seems to be the hardest word... |
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Nessie I'm a Communicator ;-)
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| it was the first time that OR when | ambiguous or not? |