Alexey86
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Would you please help me understand the use of articles with r in the following passage from The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by R. Huddleston (I numbered all the uses of r in the passage):
![rhotic.jpg rhotic.jpg](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/3/3324-b3d11d56d8d0fb45bd970b139f2ad655.jpg)
I understand the green ones and don’t understand the red ones.
Why does the author vary the count and the non-count use of r?
(8) is part of a general statement. Why does it take the?
![rhotic.jpg rhotic.jpg](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/3/3324-b3d11d56d8d0fb45bd970b139f2ad655.jpg)
I understand the green ones and don’t understand the red ones.
Why does the author vary the count and the non-count use of r?
(8) is part of a general statement. Why does it take the?