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 Message 3972 
 Alexander Koryagin to Dallas Hinton 
 It was the worst video 
 20 Sep 23 13:42:00 
 
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Hi, Dallas Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 20.09.2023 04:26

 DK> The word "the" is an article and is correctly used in your
 DK> example. It is sometimes pronounced as "thee" when placed
 DK> before a vowel but the spelling doesn't change.

It seems to me I heard somewhere that in the US when a person wants to
emphasise the statement he uses "thee" even when a Canadian does not. ;-)

Ah, here it is, thanx 2 Google:
https://youtu.be/gmy196ZbFCY?t=161

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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