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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Books
At a book fair. I am pointing at a bunch of books and say to my husband:
"Pick a book you're interested in."
"Pick the book you're interested in."
Both are right, yes?
A book = any book (I think there might be a number of them)
The book = I think there is only one book he is interested in, or maybe it's a specific book we talked about it
Yes?
"Pick a book you're interested in."
"Pick the book you're interested in."
Both are right, yes?
A book = any book (I think there might be a number of them)
The book = I think there is only one book he is interested in, or maybe it's a specific book we talked about it
Yes?
Top answer
" - Gives the option of no book, if he's not interested in any of them. " - Gives the option of selecting the one book that is most interesting, even though that level of interest could be very very small. Without "most' you are assuming that there is one interesting book.
- " - Gives the option of no book, if he's not interested in any of them.
- " - Gives the option of selecting the one book that is most interesting, even though that level of interest could be very very small.
- Without "most' you are assuming that there is one interesting book.
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"Pick a book you're interested in." - Gives the option of no book, if he's not interested in any of them.
"Pick the book you're most interested in." - Gives the option of selecting the one book that is most interesting, even though that level of interest could be very very small. Without "most' you are assuming that there is one interesting book.
"Pick the book you're most interested in." - Gives the option of selecting the one book that is most interesting, even though that level of interest could be very very small. Without "most' you are assuming that there is one interesting book.
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