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Es la primera vez que leo una fábula en inglés que empiece así:
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¿Es un modo de comenzar una fábula que tiene un significado especial, o es un capricho? Anyway if bare must be I prefer A king and a queen had three daughters. Thanks for your attention.
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A certain king .... is another recognized method of starting a fairy story. The certain is standard code for signalling that the story is just fairy story. If you omit it, you open the possibility that the story has factual truth, or a joke. |
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Certain in this case means specific not sure.
A sure king... A specific king...
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Muchas gracias a todos.
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