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Clee62 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A pool and the pool

Hi,
I have a question. Should I say I spend a few hourse in a pool or in the pool? and Why?
There is a dilemma. To me, i know which pool, so I should "the". But to the reader, they don't know, should I use "a" instead?

Thanks,
  

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Use "the" instead of "a" because it is first person. Unless, you wish to make the character who is talking seem mysterous when talking then use "A". Correction that should be made: I spent a few hours in the pool.

— RyanL

  • Use "the" instead of "a" because it is first person.
  • Unless, you wish to make the character who is talking seem mysterous when talking then use "A".
  • Correction that should be made: I spent a few hours in the pool.
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Use "the" instead of "a" because it is first person. Unless, you wish to make the character who is talking seem mysterous when talking then use "A".

Correction that should be made: I spent a few hours in the pool.
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clee62But to the reader, they don't know, should I use "a" instead?
Ah! That's a really good question! You are touching on certain literary techniques for telling stories. I'm assuming that your sentence occurs in your text at a point where the/a pool has not been mentioned yet.

I spend a few hours in the/a pool (every day).

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