On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > >> One says either "Fossil" or "the Fossil SCM". In uniqueness qualifier >> "the" is required in the second case because the noun is "SCM" there exists >> multiple SCMs, of which "Fossil" is only one. In the first case, you are >> referring to the unique entity directly and so the uniqueness qualifier >> "the" is not allowed, in English. >> > > That's a great explanation. Thanks to Matt and Scott as well. > Apologies: ANDY and Scott (but i'm sure Matt meant well ;) > Wikipedia edit is pending... > Done! -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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