The price includes accessories such as a/the CD player.
Hello,
I was pretty sure that I know quite many rules for the articles (all basic ones at least), but, again, they took me by surprise. I saw the following sentence:
The price includes accessories such as the CD player.
1) Is it correct (as first mention, of course)? If yes, can we explain the definite article here as meaning the class?
2) Would it be more natural to say 'a CD player'?
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" Reegis 1) Is it correct (as first mention, of course)? Hard to say. If there is an accompanying picture, or we are expected to know there is only one CD player possible, or if there is some other condition I don't know about, then yes, maybe "the" is OK.
- " Reegis 1) Is it correct (as first mention, of course)?
- Hard to say.
- If there is an accompanying picture, or we are expected to know there is only one CD player possible, or if there is some other condition I don't know about, then yes, maybe "the" is OK.
- I would expect "a" in the absence of a reason for "the".
- Reegis If yes, can we explain the definite article here as meaning the class?
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"I was pretty sure that I knew quite a few rules for articles (all the basic ones at least), but again, they took me by surprise."
Reegis1) Is it correct (as first mention, of course)?
Hard to say. If there is an accompanying picture, or we are expected to know there is only one CD player possible, or if there is some other condition I don't know abou
0ReegisThe price includes accessories such as the CD player.
The use of 'the' suggests to me that whoever manufactures this device has also manufactured a (particular) CD player that can be used with it.
They're saying that for the stated price you can get THAT ("the") CD player (specifically their CD player) with whatever it is yo
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