A/the police officer
What's the difference between:
"Which one of you two is a police officer?"
"Which one of you two is the police officer?"
Does the definite article imply some police officer which has been mentioned before and maybe expected there, while "a" is less emphatic and more descriptive ("What are you"? "A police officer"?
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Anonymous Does the definite article imply some police officer which has been mentioned before and maybe expected there, while "a" is less emphatic and more descriptive ("What are you"? "A police officer"? Yes.
- Anonymous Does the definite article imply some police officer which has been mentioned before and maybe expected there, while "a" is less emphatic and more descriptive ("What are you"?
- "A police officer"?
- Yes.
- For example, if you are supposed to meet a police officer and a doctor at the airport, and they are both dressed in suits and ties, you won't know which is which.
- Maybe you need to direct the police officer to one destination and the doctor to another destination.
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AnonymousDoes the definite article imply some police officer which has been mentioned before and maybe expected there, while "a" is less emphatic and more descriptive ("What are you"? "A police officer"?
Yes.
For example, if you are supposed to meet a police officer and a doctor at the airport, and they are both dressed in suits and ties, you won't kn
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