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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

In a conversation vs in the conversation

This sort of preposing usually depends on some awareness of context. In the case of each of these examples, the elements that have been preposed relate to something that has gone before in a conversation. Example 2 illustrates this well:

http://www.englicious.org/lesson/preposing-and-postposing
Please explain to me the use of indefinite article "a" in "in a conversation".
Should it not be "the" as we know that it relates to the given example.
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Jigneshbharati Please explain to me the use of indefinite article "a" in "in a conversation". It means 'in any applicable conversation'. Jigneshbharati Should it not be "the" as we know that it relates to the given example.

— Mister Micawber

  • Jigneshbharati Please explain to me the use of indefinite article "a" in "in a conversation".
  • It means 'in any applicable conversation'.
  • Jigneshbharati Should it not be "the" as we know that it relates to the given example.
  • No it doesn't; the example is one of several examples, as it says.
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain to me the use of indefinite article "a" in "in a conversation".

It means 'in any applicable conversation'.

JigneshbharatiShould it not be "the" as we know that it relates to the given example.

No it doesn't; the example is one of several examples, as it says.

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