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:
<The author of the "Teach Youself Foreign Language, Olly Richards...>
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Bye Ardith!
alexander koryagin
fido7.su.pol 2022
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