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Layla1234 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Lie in bed/ in the bed

I would like to desribe one picture. There is a woman in the picture. The woman is lying in the bed or in a bed or just without any article
  

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All are fine. in the bed - in that bed which is shown in the picture in a bed - no reference to any specific bed; the person looking at the picture is expected to understand. in bed - idiomatic expression used to describe the woman's location CJ

— CalifJim

  • All are fine.
  • in the bed - in that bed which is shown in the picture in a bed - no reference to any specific bed; the person looking at the picture is expected to understand.
  • in bed - idiomatic expression used to describe the woman's location CJ
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All are fine.

in the bed - in that bed which is shown in the picture

in a bed - no reference to any specific bed; the person looking at the picture is expected to understand.

in bed - idiomatic expression used to describe the woman's location

CJ
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Ok how about the woman??? For example when I would like to describe the picture and there are two people in the picture. Can I say the woman is lying in the bed or should I say a woman is lying in the bed because she is mentioned for the first time.
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layla1234Can I say the woman is lying in the bed or should I say a woman is lying in the bed
Either way. What is so peculiar about your example is that it's a picture. If someone else is looking at the picture, whatever is in the picture that has 'the' refers to the example of that thing that is in the picture. So if you say 'the woman' it means the woman i
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How about boys can i at the beginning say:

The boys are using a computer in the picture?
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Ok how about ward. I am talking about one picture and I would like to say that people in this picture are in a ward or the ward?? I don't know what kind of ward it is because I cannot judge it from the picture
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You are asking the same question again and again. Please reread what I wrote above. It applies to all things you might point out in a picture. You don't have to ask a separate question for each object or person in a picture if you understand the principle that governs the usage. You can use the definite form ('the') or the indefinite form ('a/an') for anything you are calling attention
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