Exercise 7. In the following sentences articles are missing with nationality words. State whether they show generic or specific reference; use articles where necessary.

1. In the Middle Ages (1100-1400 A.D.) __ Teutons fighting __ Slavs and __ Celts spread over their territories.

2. He was for one thing what __ French call serviable, a word for which, so far as I know, there is no exact equivalent in English. (W.S. Maugham)

3. “My dear fellow, __ English are a great people, but they have never been able to paint and never will be able to paint. I am not interested in __ English school.” (W.S. Maugham)

4. Jaffe had met Nhan Lee Quon one evening at the Paradise Club in Cholon: a dimly-lit, noisy dance hall where unattached Europeans mixed with __ Chinese and __ Vietnamese in search of female company. (J.H. Chase)

5. In your experience, Baby, have you found that when __ European wants to see __ American very pressingly it is invariably something concerned with money? (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

6. But she nevertheless supposed __ French would always cling to it, just as __ Scots did to herring and oatmeal. (H.E. Bates)

7. I knew you were __ Arab. (H. Fielding)

8. From this Mademoiselle Dupont had come to the conclusion that __ English were to some extent eccentric. (H.E. Bates)

9. If you were __ Italian you’d get a couple of months in prison. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. You are __ American. You can do this without professional harm. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

11. __ Russians and __ Italians weren’t any good on this front. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

12. In the beer-halls and shop windows were bright posters presenting __ Swiss defending their frontiers in 1914 – with inspiring ferocity young men and old men glared down from the mountains at phantom __ French and __ Germans. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. __ English are the best-balanced race in the world. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

14. The Club was run by __ fat, cheerful Chinese who called himself Blackie Lee. (J.H. Chase)

15. In two or more years, both in London to which he went for the last part of the season and to pay a round of country house visits in the early autumn, and in Paris, where he has settled down, he knew everyone whom __ young American could know. (W.S. Maugham)

16. Believe me, my dear fellow, __ average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St Germain. (W.S. Maugham)

17. “But he’s __ Muslim,” said Scott Rich.

“He’s __ Takfiri,” said Olivia. (H. Fielding)

18. __ French were normally more suspicious than even __ Swiss, but they were eager to cooperate with Max Hornung. (S. Sheldon)

19. This one was no exception: Senor Pardo y Cuidad Real, __ handsome iron-grey Spaniard, noble of carriage, with all the appurtenances of wealth and power, ranged up and down his suite in the Hotel des Trois Mondes and told the story of his son with no more self-control than a drunken woman. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

20. “Two years ago __ Germans underbid us, and how long do you think their cable lasted?”

“How long?”

“A year and two months. Then __ Swiss sold it to __ Italians. They don’t have rigid inspections of cables.” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

Exercise 8. The following sentences demonstrate the usage of fully and partially substantivised adjectives, referring to people. Fill each gap with an appropriate article and state the type of the adjective.

1. They were invited to stuffy teas in the homes of __ powerful, and had dinner with a count in his castle with suits of armor standing all around. (Th. Harris)

2. He confined his ministrations to __ rich and __ aristocratic. (W.S. Maugham)

3. He took them to lunch and dine with __ great. (W.S. Maugham)

4. __ young, devoted to the mad pursuit of pleasure, thought nothing more amusing than to go from one stuffy little night club to another… (W.S. Maugham)

5. He gave generously to the charity the bishop had organized to provide free meals for the families of __ workless. (W.S. Maugham)

6. Do you think __ dead come back and watch __ living? (D. du Maurier)

7. Would you be __ dear and leave me? (D. du Maurier)

8. She had once been __ Catholic. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

9. You won’t listen to __moderates. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. The silver cord is cut and the golden bowl is broken and all that, but __ old romantic like me can’t do anything about it. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

11. Max thinks __ Marxian is somebody who went to St. Mark’s school. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

12. She’s a schizoid – __ permanent eccentric. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. That Trent fellow is the lowest of the low, a perfect example of __ privileged rich taking advantage of __ working poor. (M. Gabot)

14. Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for __ insane. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

15. __ blind must be lead. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

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