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   alexander koryagin to Ardith Hinton   
   Re: Old stuff   
   10 Feb 22 12:40:54   
   
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   Hi Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message on 10-Feb-2022   
      
     AK>> I went to school to meet with headmaster. Capital of the US is   
     AK>> Washington. Composer of "Moon sonata" is Beethoven. After school I   
     AK>> went home. Head is part of body.   
      
     AK>> Are there any examples how to disprove my rule?   
      
     AH> After school [or work] I went home... that's correct.   
      
     AH> WRT your other examples here, the article may be needed when you   
     AH> are *not* using nouns in apposition... as you did in your initial   
     AH> enquiry.   
      
     AH>  The head is part of the body.   
      
   It can be understood that "This head is a part of this body" A criminal    
   investigation. :)   
   And why not "a body"?   
      
     AH> The capital of Canada is Ottawa, Ontario.   
     AH> The President of the US remarked yesterday that... [blah blah].   
      
   Well, it seems, I see, "The" is necessary when there is no definition    
   before the countable noun and this noun defines something unique.   
   In my case we will have "the" if we paraphrase the sentence:   
      
      
      
      
   Bye Ardith!   
   alexander koryagin   
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