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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of all the things to complain about the English language, you pick.........articles?

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Most ESL people complain about articles in English. Yet, is there a need for them? If you pause and think about it without being defensive, what is really gained by the use of articles? Sure, it sounds right, but useless to the meaning.[/quote]

But they're not useless.  They add meaning.  So there's a need for them.[/quote]
Ok, what meaning do they add? Outside elementary ESL classroom examples?[/quote]

I gave you an example up thread of a medical case report: THE patient experienced acute vomiting and vertigo vs A patient tends to present with dyspnea.[/quote]
[b]Ok, sure, but we know we are talking about a patient, no? When will you ever say, A patient other than teaching a class, in which case, patient is just as good? Be it THE or A[/b].[/quote]

I have no idea what this word salad is supposed to mean. I'm talking about writing a case report. And yes, teaching a class, because that's what I do. And I need my articles in Enlgish to communicate my information clearly. I can't leave room to interpretation..- it's life or death.

Give me THE Epinephrine! Vs give me An Epinephrine dose!! One means it is a specific object that has the medication ready to go. The other means you need to draw it up. Seconds count in a code.[/quote]
Attacking instead of answering, plus if you have that much trouble understanding my sentence well, you can't understand much of anything! If you said epinephrine it would result in the same action.[/quote]

No you don't understand what I meant by a case report. The point of an article like this is differentiating between THE patient vs A typical patient with the same condition.

And I hope you will never run my code if you think saying "Epinephrine" is precise enough. [/quote]

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