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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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a/the vulgar email
Someone sends me a vulgar email. I tell him;
1. I received a vulgar email from you. Why did you send it?
2. I received the vulgar email from you. Why did you send it?
I think #1 ('a vulgar email' is OK). But 'the' can also be used, right? He knows about that e-mail, because he sent it, so it's OK too?
1. I received a vulgar email from you. Why did you send it?
2. I received the vulgar email from you. Why did you send it?
I think #1 ('a vulgar email' is OK). But 'the' can also be used, right? He knows about that e-mail, because he sent it, so it's OK too?
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Anonymous I think #1 ('a vulgar email' ) is OK. Right. It is.
- Anonymous I think #1 ('a vulgar email' ) is OK.
- Right.
- It is.
- Anonymous But 'the' can also be used, right?
- At this point in the interaction between you 'vulgar email' is not yet really the topic of discussion, so I'd shy away from "the".
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AnonymousI think #1 ('a vulgar email') is OK.Right. It is.
AnonymousBut 'the' can also be used, right?At this point in the interaction between you 'vulgar email' is not yet really the topic of discussion, so I'd shy away from "the". I'd be inclined to use "that" instead of "the" in thi
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