Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description

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I need help deciphering Bertram Russell's "Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description"...? Can anyone help me ...Explain how Russell's theory of definite descriptions can express existential claims without making existence into a predicate. Give an example of where treating existence as a predicate or property cause trouble for logical analysis.

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