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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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A lorry/car
Hi,
Very recently I heard on the news this:
"The terrorist who drove a lorry through a crowd in Nice . . ."
Why 'a' lorry? By that time everyone knew about the terrorist atrocity in Nice, it was an old story, so isn't it clear what lorry is referred to? Would 'the' be correct also?
If someone drove a car into our school today, could I say to my schoolmate:
'So who is this fool who drove a car into our school building today?'
'So who is this fool who drove the car into our school building today?'
I think either is ok? It depends on how central or specific that car is to me as a speaker and to my audience, yes?
Thank you for your advise
Very recently I heard on the news this:
"The terrorist who drove a lorry through a crowd in Nice . . ."
Why 'a' lorry? By that time everyone knew about the terrorist atrocity in Nice, it was an old story, so isn't it clear what lorry is referred to? Would 'the' be correct also?
If someone drove a car into our school today, could I say to my schoolmate:
'So who is this fool who drove a car into our school building today?'
'So who is this fool who drove the car into our school building today?'
I think either is ok? It depends on how central or specific that car is to me as a speaker and to my audience, yes?
Thank you for your advise
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Anonymous I think either is ok? It depends on how central or specific that car is to me as a speaker and to my audience, yes? Yes.
- Anonymous I think either is ok?
- It depends on how central or specific that car is to me as a speaker and to my audience, yes?
- Yes.
- Anonymous Thank you for your advise ...
- advi c e .
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AnonymousI think either is ok? It depends on how central or specific that car is to me as a speaker and to my audience, yes?Yes.
AnonymousThank you for your advise... advice.
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