"the" or "a"

0 01blockquote

01cite10Cogar12cite10hello there,12br
12br
10Is the sentence below correct? 11font10Grammatically yes - correct use will depend on your context12br
12font12br
12br
11font11font10I 12font

0 01blockquote

01cite10Feebs1112cite11blockquote

11cite20Cogar22cite22br
20hello there,22br
22br
20Is the sentence below correct? 21font20Grammatically yes - correct use will depend on your context22br
22font22br
22br
2

0 Yes - but the way the sentence is phrased leads to the interpretation that you organised 01b00this02b00 dinner [the one that was well received] whereas other dinners [perhaps in previous years and not organised by you] were not well received. 0-

0 01blockquote

01cite10Feebs1112cite10Yes - but the way the sentence is phrased leads to the interpretation that you organised 11b10this12b10 dinner [the one that was well received] whereas other dinners [perhaps in previous years and not organised by you] were not well received. 12br
12br
12blockquote

Hi, Feebs11.

In reference to Sentence I, could it be that it is just one of the interpretations you can draw and not necessarily the only one. To me the first sentence below sounds like a general statement sentence that ust indicates that he organized the company dinner this time that drew great responses.

I organized the company's annual dinner that was well received.

It could be, but to my eye it is still [that= the kind or thing specified as follows], a dinner that is differentiated from other dinners because (A) I organised it and (B) it was well received. Every time I read it, I have to stop and think what the writer means.

The second sentence is unambiguous.

In first sentence 'that' and in second sentence 'which' is misleading, and giving a hint that there were other dinners in the past and were not well received. If you want to say it in a general sense that you organised a dinner and it was well recevied then you could say;

I organized the company's annual dinner, and (it) was well received.