9.34 'same'

The adjective 'same' is used attributively to indicate emphatically that you are referring back to something that has just been mentioned.

• We accept that thought is a common property of the human race. But we cannot make the same assumption about machines.
• The door opened and a man popped his head into the room and said 'Next please'. About ten minutes later, the same man returned.
• He watched her climb into a compartment of the train and he chose the same one so as to watch her more closely.

Note that when 'same' is used attributively, it nearly always follows 'the', but it can occasionally follow other specific determiners.

• These same smells may produce depression in others.