Hi! Please, conferm my choice of the article (in capslock) in this sentence
"Read 4 parts of the text and do the tasks below👇 (look up in the dictionary THE new words that you don't know)"
Am I right that, when giving some extra information, we use THE for the noun?
Like in this example as well
Help me with the article choice, pls
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Forgot the sentence)))Dashkinru пишет: ↑08 апр 2021, 12:37 Hi! Please, conferm my choice of the article (in capslock) in this sentence
"Read 4 parts of the text and do the tasks below👇 (look up in the dictionary THE new words that you don't know)"
Am I right that, when giving some extra information, we use THE for the noun?
Like in this example as well
My friend opened THE strange box that was behind the door.
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I am not sure if this rule is valid, because in the sentence
I would use rather "any new words you fount in the text", because it is clear that if a word is new for you, then you shouldn't know its meaning.
In the sentence
I would use THE since before opening he must have seen it already. Therefore it is not new information for him.
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Right! That's a good point! Thank you!Michelangelo пишет: ↑08 апр 2021, 13:37 I would use THE since before opening he must have seen it already. Therefore it is not new information for him.
And here I also agree! THE just doesn't sound good. Maybe "THOSE new words that you don't know" will more sutable as well.Michelangelo пишет: ↑08 апр 2021, 13:37 I would use rather "any new words you fount in the text", because it is clear that if a word is new for you, then you shouldn't know its meaning.
In the sentence
Thanks a million!)
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It depends upon the kind of extra information you provide. If this information is 'a limiting attribute', it makes the noun definite, hence the definite article. However, it may well be 'a descriptive attribute', which leaves the noun indefinite with the indefinite article. So the answer is, 'It depends'.
Take your sentence for example:
The underlined part may serve as a limiting attribute if the speaker refers to THAT PARTICULAR strange box that both the speaker and the listener know about. And then the specifying info that it is behind the door supports this idea.
However, the same context may just as well justify the indefinite article, given the fact that the box behind the door is unknown to the speaker or there are several strange boxes there:
My friend opened A strange box that was behind the door.
The underlined part then serves as a descriptive attribute giving some additional information - without distinguishing the object from the class, though.
The underlined part looks like a limiting attribute all right. However, it sounds a bit tautological - 'the new [words]' alone would work just fine, limited by the context of the situation (THE words [that you will surely come across]). Thus, it's not the attribute/additional information 'that you don't know' that makes the noun definite, but rather the usual context of the situation.
Those 'confirm, affirm' are related to 'firm'.
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