0If you have simply "retired for the evening," you have gone to bed and you are in bed.02br 02br 00If you want to specify that someone is in a particular bed, or in the bed as opposed to hiding in the closet, you could use "in the bed." You see a lump under the covers and assume it's your daughter, asleep in her bed. Then you see her exiting the bathroom. "Then, who was that
1i00in bed02i00 is a state or condition of a person (or at least an animate being). Inanimate objects cannot be in bed.02br 01i00in the bed02i00 (or 01i00in a bed02i00) is only a location.02br 00CJ 0-