Mark Sp., linguistic army of one, writes: > Oh Jerome, you just negated the great, insightful > linguistic point I was making. I was taking your prose > as an example of a rare, very native-speakery usage of "the".
You mean "the one" as "one of the"? Not all that rare, I think (although I agree that it is quite native-speakerly), but in the present context, it might have led you to believe I hadn't noticed the second link, which was not the precise effect intended. Jerome --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
