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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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In a/the corner of the room
There was a wooden closet in a/the corner of the room.
Would you use "the" here even though it could be any of the four corners of the room?
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anonymous Would you use "the" here even though it could be any of the four corners of the room? "A" would be strange. It makes the reader wonder which corner and leaves him hanging.
- anonymous Would you use "the" here even though it could be any of the four corners of the room?
- "A" would be strange.
- It makes the reader wonder which corner and leaves him hanging.
- "Of the room" is not necessary if we already know we're in a room.
- In my US English, "a wooden closet" does not produce an image because a closet is a built-in part of a house, and all you can see from the room it is in is its door.
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anonymousWould you use "the" here even though it could be any of the four corners of the room?
"A" would be strange. It makes the reader wonder which corner and leaves him hanging. It is probably going to be best to specify which corner, like the opposite corner (from the door you enter by), the far corner, the corner by the fire escape, something."Of the r
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