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    Now I am curios, what does this sentence mean in your head?

    A system that can elect a felon faster than prosecute him is fundamentally broken.

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      That the system is fundamentally broken which you’ve already agreed with.

      Ed: curious not curios.

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        There is no “the system” in that sentence. The sentence is a generalization, not talking about a specific system.

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          The system [of government, you bafoon]. Stating you dont understand interference probably isn’t going to help you.

          It is specifically talking about the system of election and prosecution in this country ironically both executive functions so “the system” is incredibly accurate.

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              The is the inferred word and notably it doesn’t change the subject or idea if removed. Ie. It’s pointless fluff that context makes redundant.

              Ed: like you understand we’re talking about the us system of government specifically prosecution and elections. “A system” in context is “the system” as we don’t have multiple forms of government in the United States. You can imply drug use but that just means you have less of a grasp of English than someone you think is high which is more of an insult to you than it is to me boss.

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                The is the inferred word and notably it doesn’t change the subject or idea if removed

                But it is not removed, it is replaced by “A”, an indefinite article. As in “Any system that satisfies the given condition is broken”.

                Words have meaning. You deciding to replace a word for a different word with a different meaning is you misreading. Not inference and everyone else misunderstanding.

                So no, the sentence is not talking about the US system specifically, but making an observation about governing systems in general. Which is what I and masterspace disagreed with.

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                  A system meaning the US system of government.

                  Yes they all have meaning, in this case none of them change the subject or idea so either or none are acceptable. That’s just how English works and you’re not having the gotcha moment you seem to think you’re having.

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                    A system meaning the US system of government.

                    You are just wrong.

                    in this case none of them change the subject or idea so either or none are acceptable.

                    I explained how it changes the meaning.

                    So no, the sentence is not talking about the US system specifically, but making an observation about governing systems in general.

                    Read up on articles or stay ignorant, I don’t have anything more to say.

                    https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/determiners-articles.php