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A comical character/ the comical character?



 
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A comical character/ the comical character? #1 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 16:27 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

Would you use "a" or "the" in this sentence?

The/a comical character of this situation.

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A comical character/ the comical character? #2 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 16:32 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

This is only a phrase, not a full sentence.

'The' or 'a' solely depend on the context this phrase is used in.
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A comical character/ the comical character? #3 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 16:38 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

Let's say it this way

"This motif is used to explain the/a comical character of this film".
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A comical character/ the comical character? #4 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 16:41 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

Then it is 'the', and in most cases it would be 'the'.
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A comical character/ the comical character? #5 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 16:55 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

thank you very much :)
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A comical character/ the comical character? #6 (permalink) Wed May 27, 2009 12:00 pm   A comical character/ the comical character?
 

Michauek wrote:
Let's say it this way

"This motif is used to explain the/a comical character of this film".
It could be either. If you use "the" it means the film only had one comical character.
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