On 02/02/2015 17:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I'd like to see anybody define 'a' and 'the' without using 'a' and 'the'.
Would that be formally rigorous or rigorously formal?
a: Indefinite article, used to represent individual objects not
otherwise identifiable.
the: Definite article, used to represent individual objects
identifiable by context.
Near enough?
ChrisA
Nope. 'article' begins with 'a' so you can't use it to define itself.
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