Subject: RE: any idea
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:54:59 +1100


There is another thing that governs the use of the definite article in
english: etymology.

"The" developed from "that" and seems to be an objectifying device: "that
guy" just becomes "the guy."

saeed


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Subject: Re: any idea


As long as we're on this "definite article" thread ... does anyone know
why the burrough in New York City is called THE BRONX and not just BRONX?

Tommy S Kim
University of Minnesota
Department of English





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