boy is referred to by pronouns (him, he) and definite noun phrase (the curly haired, 90-pound sixth-grader and the boy)., NH (AP) - December 7, 2013 (WPVI) teenager who disappeared nearly two months ago mailed her mother a letter several weeks after she was last seen, law enforcement officials said Friday lt; ... .. gt; Law enforcement officials said the letter, which they called unprecedented in similar investigations, has given them hope, though they still have grave concerns for her safety lt; ... .. gt; Police asked people to be on the lookout for the dark-haired girl lt; ... gt; We implore Abby that if she hears this, if she s able to see this, contact us, she said. " We will do everything we can to reunite the girl with her mother. (News) discovery of a mysterious blonde girl at a Roma camp in Greece has spurred more than 10,000 phone calls and emails to the charity trying to identify her lt; .... gt; The girl, who was discovered in the home of a couple with 13 other children, speaks only a Roma dialect and is believed to be around four years old. The couple have been charged with kidnapping and police say they have given at least five different accounts of how the child came to be with them. [18] use of a/anindefinite article is also used where the noun phrase does not refer to any specific individual: m looking for a millionaire, she says, but I don t see any around. (conv) feel terrible, I need a friend.millionaire and a friend are unspecific and mean any person of that kind raquo ;.
«They required a driver, guide, and translator for a young man who would be in Lutsk at the dawn of the month of July ...» [10; 17]
«It is near 50 kilometers from Lutsk, Father said. He possesses a map and is sanguine of the coordi nates. It should be simple. »[10; 18]
«Have you ever had a girlfriend? I asked the hero. Have you? I am inquiring you. »[10; 84]
«I ve never eaten a picture.» [10; 10]
«I will never kiss a woman.» [10; 260]
«But once you get a girlfriend, well, you know. I know very well. »[10; 85] or generic use of a/anindefinite article can also serve to classify an entity: brother is a doctor (classifying) to refer generically to what is typical of any member of the class as in: doctor is not better that his patient (generic )
«But I do not do these things because we are a family ...» (classifying) [10; 49]
«If you want to know why, it is because Grandfather is Grandfather first and a driver second» [10; 75]
«He says that the bitch was named for his favorite singer, who was Sammy Davis, Junior. A Jew, the hero said. What? Sammy Davis, Junior was a Jew. »[10; 83]
«I was very flabbergasted by his appearance. This is an American? I thought. And also, This is a Jew? He was severely short »[10; 68]
«When a Jew encounters a pin, he asks: What does it remember like?» (generic) [10; 212]
«he was a Gypsy. He was a Jew »[10; 256]
«An American in Ukraine is so flaccid to recognize» [10; 41]
«... by what you wrote about how impossible it must have been for your grandmother to be a mother without a husband» [10; 156]
«You are very hungry, yes? I m a vegetarian. I do not understand »[10; 82]
4. Indefinite meaning with the zero article
zero article, or, the meaningful non-use of the article, expresses absolute generalization, abstraction of the referent denoted by the noun. It renders the idea of ??the highest degree of generalization and abstraction.a/an with singular countable nouns, the zero article signals indefiniteness with uncountable nouns: We have tea on the table guys, drink it. (conv) and plural countable nouns: We have books and we do not read them. (conv)
«I don t eat meat. Why not? I just don t. »
«Do you eat veal? Oh, God. Absolutely no veal. What about sausage? No sausage either. »
«I suggested to the hero, because they do not have anything that is not meat. Don t they have potatoes or something? he asked. Do you have potatoes? I asked the waitress »[10; 82] .article phrases commonly express non-specific or generic reference. But there are also some special uses of the zero article with singular countable nouns, where otherwise we expect the or a/an to occur.as institutionsthey going for dinner or something?
«After dinner at the restaurant, we drove back to the hotel» [10; 84] as institutionsaccident happened in school. (conv)
«Which meant they couldn t get to...
