Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down110
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·1 month agohttps://speakenglishbyyourself.com/articles-a-an-the/
minus-squareGrunt4019@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoYes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down17·1 month agothen the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYou never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.
minus-squareMachindo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThanks for this. The rules it describes were what I was thinking but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
https://speakenglishbyyourself.com/articles-a-an-the/
Yes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
then the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
You never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.
Thanks for this. The rules it describes were what I was thinking but I couldn’t put my finger on it.