Verwijzing naar de- of het- woorden

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Salim
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Verwijzing naar de- of het- woorden

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Dear all,
I have chosen the following text from this website:

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"Het moeilijkste van de Nederlandse taal is de woordvolgorde. Er zijn wel een paar richtlijnen om een goede zin te maken. De beste manier om het te leren is echter: veel lezen en luisteren."

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I am wondering why the writer has chosen the word "Het" to refer either to " de woordvolgorde" or " een paar richtlijnen" in the above-mentioned sentence.
Both of the antecedents to which this "Het" might refer to are "de-woorden" meanwhile the author refers to them using "Het".

Thanks in advance for your comments.
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"Het" in the sentence only refers to one word: 'moeilijkste'. This is one of those instances where an adjective (moeilijkste) becomes a noun (het moeilijkste). So in this case 'het' is not wrong.

It's probably that they mean 'het moeilijkste onderdeel van de Nederlandse taal'.
"Moenie worrie nie, alles sal reg kom" (maar hy het nie gesê wanneer nie!)

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Re: Verwijzing naar de- of het- woorden

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Thanks a lot for the explanation, at the same time you answered my other question why 'Het moeilijkste" and not "De moeilijkste". because of "onderdeel" which is redundant, if I am not mistaken!

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