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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

It is important to have a comfortable armchair in a/the living room.

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Which one is correct as a general statement?

1) It is important to have a comfortable armchair in a living room.
2) It is important to have a comfortable armchair in the living room.
  

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Reegis Which one is correct as a general statement? " makes it general, so both are general statements. I suppose you could say that "the" seems to particularize it to "one's own living room", so, in view of that minor issue, 1) is even more general.

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  • Reegis Which one is correct as a general statement?
  • " makes it general, so both are general statements.
  • I suppose you could say that "the" seems to particularize it to "one's own living room", so, in view of that minor issue, 1) is even more general.
  • CJ
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ReegisWhich one is correct as a general statement?
"It is important to have ..." makes it general, so both are general statements. I suppose you could say that "the" seems to particularize it to "one's own living room", so, in view of that minor issue, 1) is even more general.

CJ
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Reegis1) It is important to have a comfortable armchair in a living room.
Correct for a non-specific living room.
Reegis2) It is important to have a comfortable armchair in the living room.
Correct for a specific/known living room.
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