Thursday, September 29, 2011

Graded Ledes: A Versus The

So is it a six-month-old girl? Or the six-month-old girl?

In first reference, it's a six-month-old. After all, she's not the only six-month-old girl in the world, probably.

But after establishing her as a specific six-month-old girl, for second and subsequent references you could call her the girl.

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