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MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com scripsit:

> Does the remaining possibility of -specific +definite exist? Would you give
> an example?

Not really, as that would imply that the speaker doesn't have a particular
referent in mind, but the listener does. That pretty much only happens
when the speaker is a parrot, or is repeating something he's heard
parrot-fashion.

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