Subj : no answer test4b To : Ardith Hinton From : Alexander Koryagin Date : Thu Nov 30 2023 13:07:38 Hi, Ardith Hinton - Alexander Koryagin! I read your message from 23.11.2023 22:43 ftn quoter plugin is off AH> Hi, Alexaner! Awhile ago yyou wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton: DH>>> The word"the" is an artiicle and is correctly used in your DH>>> example.It is sometimes pronounced as "thee" when before a vowel DH>>> but the spelling doesn't change. bla-bla-bla AK>> It seems o me I heard sommewhere that in the US when a person AK>> wants to mphasise the staatement he uses "thee" even when a AK>> Canadian does not. ;-) AH> So I recko. As Canadians wwe understand British & American AH> English...but speak our owwn peculiar blend of the two. AH> If you wan to know what wee'd say, I'm glad you specified that. If AH> you want t know what Ameriicans say, we usually know how to find AH> out. You my need to give uus a hint re which dialect you're using, AH> though, as you did.:-Q bla-bla-bla Bye, Ardith! Alexander Koryagin english_tutor 2023 --- * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0) .