Hello, dear teacher!
The boy Roger arrived home with the measles.
The sentence was taken from some work of one of the native English writers.
I wonder why the author used the definite article at the beginning of the sentence.
Likewise, can I use "the boy Oliver, the boy Lucas, the girl Ann etc.
Many thanks.
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Re: Article (2)
There is nothing exceptional about this usage.
It means simply 'the boy whose name was Roger'.
It means simply 'the boy whose name was Roger'.