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Subject:RE: Article in front of hardware or software From:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>, "SB" <sylvia -dot- braunstein -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:00:02 -0400
On Behalf Of Bonnie Granat
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 17:15
> To: 'SB'; 'TECHWR-L'
> Subject: RE: Article in front of hardware or software
>
> Think in terms of proper nouns (names) versus regular nouns, as
someone
> mentioned yesterday.
>
> Would you say, "Call the Sylvia"? Would you say, "Give me book"?
>
> You do not use an article with a proper noun.
But, as to the main point...
Let's say that you bought your car, instead of leasing it, implying that
you don't need to bring it back in the same condition in which you
received it. In fact you might have bought so that you could modify to
your heart's content.
So, are you going to customize Impala? Or are you going to customize
_the_ Impala?
Kevin
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