On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote: > What is the referent of "the DIDs" as opposed to merely "DIDs"? I think it's a question of the use of the article by a non-native English speaker. For example in French, the word "des" means both "some" and "of the".