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Don’t those mean “this” and “that” ? “This”, “that”, and “the” are similar because they’re all determiners that express definite ness (whereas “a” is a determin
by umanwizard 8y ago
Don’t those mean “this” and “that” ? “This”, “that”, and “the” are similar because they’re all determiners that express definite ness (whereas “a” is a determiner that expresses indefiniteness), but mean something clearly different in English.
- gpderetta 8y agoFWIW, in Italian, and I think other romance languages, definite aricles come from the words used for 'this' although evolved to something district.