olena907 Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hi everybody! I work on English determiners and there're some unusual examples "a same name, a same day, etc". Would you consider them acceptable? An why not standard "the" then? Below there are some of such examples. Thanks in advance 1.Very different diseases are lumped together under a same name because they merely share the same clinical expression 2.A same routine is defined as experiencing the exact actions from shot one to shot two 3.It was also a grenade attack as three of them died. Four others were wounded. And in a same day, another soldier was killed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) It's definite and indefinite article. A is for a group of things, a thing that's not precisely specified whereas the is for something specific, where you're referring to only one of a thing. When you're using 'a same thing' and 'a same day', it's pretty much guaranteed that you want to use 'the'. That's because you're looking at a specific day or thing. Especially when talking about 'same day'. You're talking about a specific day when four were wounded and another soldier was killed. Edited July 24, 2013 by Revolver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) why did i know youd reply to this topic? Edited July 24, 2013 by FamilyBiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Weird first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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