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> The following is a contribution to the discussion of the structure of
> "the she of England is unhappy."
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> "As articles are by their nature definitives, it follows of course,
> that they cannot be united with such words as are in their own nature
> as definite as they may be; nor with such words which, being
> indefinite, cannot properly be made otherwise:  but only with those
> words which, though indefinite, are yet capable, through the article,
> of becoming definite.  Hence we see the reason why it is absurd to
> say "the I" or "the thou," because nothing can make these pronouns
> more definite than they are; and the same can be said of proper
> names."  --"Of Universal Grammar."  The Encyclopedia Britannica,
> 1771.
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> Sincerely, Robert Einarsson
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