No sentence
can be constructed without them.
You have already learned that these parts _alone_, sometimes make a
complete structure; but we are about to show you that they are often used
as the foundation of a structure, which is completed by adding _other_
parts.
I hold in my hand several pieces of metal, with letters and other
characters stamped on them. What do you say I have in my hand? +P+.--Money.
+T.--+Yes. What other word can you use? +P.--+_Coin_. +T.--+Yes. I will
write on the board this sentence: _Coin is stamped_.
The subject _coin_ is a general name for all such pieces of metal. I will
write the word _the_ before this sentence. _The coin is stamped_. I have
now made an assertion about one particular coin, so the meaning of the
subject is limited by joining the word _the_.
I can again limit the meaning of the subject by putting the word _a_ before
it. The assertion is now about one coin, but no particular one. I point to
the piece near me and say, _This coin is stamped_. I point to the one
farther from me and say, _That coin is stamped_.
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