An elevator? The elevator?
Hi there,
I am writing a school article and I am a bit stumped about one point.
There was a crime committed in our tenement. The crime took place in an/the elevator.
There is only one elevator in our tenement. So "the" is correct, I think, because it is reasonable to expect an elevator in a building and there is only one in this case.
But can I use "an elevator" as well? I am writing an article, my school readers might not know whether there's one or more elevators, and I am happy to keep that ambiguousness. I am just introducing that noun.
Thank you.
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For clarity purposes, I recommend "the" elevator; "an" elevator means that there are two or more elevators in your apartment complex. By the way, "tenement" means that the building is very dirty, needs lots of repairs, and is infested with rats and roaches. The elevators in tenements are often out of order.
- For clarity purposes, I recommend "the" elevator; "an" elevator means that there are two or more elevators in your apartment complex.
- By the way, "tenement" means that the building is very dirty, needs lots of repairs, and is infested with rats and roaches.
- The elevators in tenements are often out of order.
- Also, I would be more specific about the crime.
- Was it a drug deal, a mugging, a murder, a robbery or a stabbing?
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For clarity purposes, I recommend "the" elevator; "an" elevator means that there are two or more elevators in your apartment complex.
By the way, "tenement" means that the building is very dirty, needs lots of repairs, and is infested with rats and roaches. The elevators in tenements are often out of order.
Also, I would be more specific about the crime. Was it a drug deal, a mu
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