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2. Last Friday when we were talking, I suddenly had ___ idea to go on ___ hike in the valley. A. an, a B. the , a C. an, the D. the, the

Go on a hike = excersion

so the first blank shoud be filled with an or the????

19216801 · Accepted Answer

Hello

I Guess

A:an,a

is Correct and first Blank should be Fill whit "an"

Regard

Bizgiant · Answer

When I read it again, I think the first one should be " the" . It means that "the" idea came to mind at that special time. Am I right??

Bayezid Choton · Answer

I think it is (A). an,a

CalifJim · Answer

bizgiantthe first blank should be filled with an or the?

the. You are specifying exactly which idea it is: to go on a hike in the valley. << That's the idea. That's which idea it is.
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If you stopped before specifying the idea, it would have been an:

I suddenly had an idea.

Here we don't know which idea it is in this case, so the is not appropriate here.

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the is associated conceptually with which.

CJ

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