Subj : "the" o "a"
To   : All
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Fri Mar 30 2018 21:21:29

Hi, All!

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/world/europe/russia-expels-diplomats.html


MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday escalated _a confrontation_ with Europe and the 
United States over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, saying it 
would expel 60 American diplomats and an unspecified number of envoys from 
other countries to retaliate for a mass expulsion of Russian diplomats working 
in the West and beyond that was ordered this week.
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If we escalate something we already know what it is. We have the confrontation 
over the poisoning of a former spy. So, why "Russia on Thursday escalated a 
confrontation...."

Why "_a_ confrontation" not "the confrontation"?

Bye, All!

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