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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Is there a rule? BranShea #186895 09/21/2009 12:11 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: BranShea At least you have the sensible rule to have only one def.article: the. if having one is sensible is having none more sensible or less sensible? Punjabi friends who did not attend english-language medium schools stick 'the' in where it should not be and omit where it should as they struggle with a concept their language (and Hindi)does not have. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is there a rule? wsieber 09/20/2009 12:09 PM Re: Is there a rule? TheFallibleFiend 09/20/2009 5:30 PM Re: Is there a rule? BranShea 09/20/2009 8:16 PM Re: Is there a rule? latishya 09/20/2009 9:21 PM Re: Is there a rule? Buffalo Shrdlu 09/21/2009 12:44 AM Re: Is there a rule? Faldage 09/21/2009 11:08 AM Re: Is there a rule? BranShea 09/21/2009 11:56 AM Re: Is there a rule? latishya 09/21/2009 12:11 PM Re: Is there a rule? BranShea 09/21/2009 12:44 PM Re: Is there a rule? zmjezhd 09/21/2009 12:13 PM Re: Is there a rule? wsieber 09/22/2009 9:18 AM Re: Is there a rule? Faldage 09/22/2009 10:12 AM Re: Is there a rule? TheFallibleFiend 09/22/2009 1:02 PM Re: Is there a rule? BranShea 09/22/2009 5:52 PM Re: Is there a rule? Jackie 09/23/2009 12:06 AM Re: Is there a rule? Faldage 09/23/2009 12:12 AM Re: Is there a rule? zmjezhd 09/23/2009 1:24 AM Re: Is there a rule? olly 09/23/2009 4:46 AM Re: Is there a rule? twosleepy 09/23/2009 9:45 PM Re: Is there a rule? Faldage 09/23/2009 11:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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