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Coloraday Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Thanks for a great evening

Hi,

Why do we use 'a' rather than 'the' in the following sentence?

Thanks for a great evening. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you.

P.s. I posted this question a while ago, but it somehow got deleted, and I don't have a clue as to why.




  

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You can also use 'the'. But 'a' says something more like: There are many great evenings and I have experienced some of them. This evening is an example of such an evening.

— CalifJim

  • You can also use 'the'.
  • But 'a' says something more like: There are many great evenings and I have experienced some of them.
  • This evening is an example of such an evening.
  • CJ
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You can also use 'the'.

But 'a' says something more like:

There are many great evenings and I have experienced some of them.
This evening is an example of such an evening.

CJ
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coloradayI posted this question a while ago, but it somehow got deleted
There has been a system upgrade. Your post is not the only one which has been deleted.

CJ
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Emotion: smile To me it just sounds a little better, I'm not really sure what the rule is about it.
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