Imagine sharing the following circumstance:
I came across THE section!
I came across AN section.
Note that both communicative situations portray about the same subject, but with a difference, which you will start to notice from some considerations:
In the first statement, especially if you are looking for exactly the section that will lead you to a better understanding of the article, make sure you came across the section, she yes, her own.
Thus, because the noun "section" is accompanied by the article "a", we affirm that it (the article) has the function of determine it.
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In the other statement, you also came across ONE section, itself, any section. In this sense, we say that the noun "section", as it occurs in the first instance, is also accompanied by the article, but this time the function is of undetermine it.
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By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
question 1
(Fuvest/2000) The two Lousadas sisters! Dry, dark and garrulous as cicadas, for many years in Oliveira, they were the searchers of all lives, the spreaders of all gossip, the weavers of all intrigues. And in the unfortunate city, there was no stain, blemish, cracked teapot, aching heart, crushed pocket, window ajar, dust in a corner, shape in a corner, cake ordered in Matildes, that his piercing eyes of dirty jet did not reveal and that his loose tongue, between the thin teeth, did not comment with malice shrill.
(Eça de Queirós, The illustrious House of Ramires)
In the text, the use of definite articles and the omission of indefinite articles have the following effects, respectively:
a) attribute negative character traits to characters; to point out Oliveira as the city where everything happens.
b) emphasize the uniqueness of the characters' typical behavior; mark the generality of the situations that are the object of your comments.
c) define the conduct of the two sisters as objectionable; put them responsible for most events in the city.
d) particularize the way of being of the Lousadas sisters; locate them in a city where they are famous for
backbiting.
e) associate the actions of the two sisters; emphasize your free access to any environment in the city.
question 2
Check the alternative that presents, respectively: indefinite feminine plural article, article definite feminine in the singular, indefinite masculine article in the singular, feminine definite article in the plural.
a) The most beautiful girls on the street are Gabriele, a blonde girl who lives about three kilometers from here, and Luciene, a brunette who lives in a gray house.
b) Today we had the parents' meeting and we delivered bimonthly tests and some information about the pedagogical week, in which we will have a competition.
c) There is a market 200 m from here, in case the ladies want to buy some cheese bread to receive the priest.
d) I know that some people will disapprove of my attitude, but I also know that one or the other will be on my side until things work out.
e) The kitchen cabinets suffered only a few scratches, but the chairs in one of the dining rooms were badly damaged.
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