Date:  Thu, 1 Dec 1994 12:50:47 -0800

From:  "Alan S. Kaye" <AKAYE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: "the" 101



Re the comment by Joan Livingston-Webber:



I have got to say: I live near the 101. Not: *I live near 101.

Therefore, when I compare with dialects in which the latter is grammatical,

I assume we can talk of a deletion process (i.e., the 101 FWY). Re

elsewhere in the English-speaking world, it may not be correct to think

of it in these terms -- maybe we will have to look at 'the' addition.

The problem is becomming extremely interesting!

--Alan Kaye--