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HenryTsang Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Waiting for a/the bus
Hello,
Imagine that no bus has been mentioned previously when the narrator says:
"Waiting for a bus one morning…"
"Waiting for the bus one morning…"
Which one is more correct? My teacher told me both are acceptable. "A bus" means any bus and may also introduce it for the first time.
"The bus" makes it more definite and uses "synecdoche", which, according to my teacher, is sometimes used for means of transportation.
Could you please confirm that he is right?
Thank you very much.
Henry
Imagine that no bus has been mentioned previously when the narrator says:
"Waiting for a bus one morning…"
"Waiting for the bus one morning…"
Which one is more correct? My teacher told me both are acceptable. "A bus" means any bus and may also introduce it for the first time.
"The bus" makes it more definite and uses "synecdoche", which, according to my teacher, is sometimes used for means of transportation.
Could you please confirm that he is right?
Thank you very much.
Henry
Top answer
HenryTsang Which one is more correct? My teacher told me both are acceptable. Both are correct.
- HenryTsang Which one is more correct?
- My teacher told me both are acceptable.
- Both are correct.
- HenryTsang "Waiting for the bus one morning…" You take the same bus to school or work every morning, and you are waiting for it.
- HenryTsang "Waiting for a bus one morning…" You are not waiting for a specific bus, but any one.
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HenryTsangWhich one is more correct? My teacher told me both are acceptable.Both are correct.
HenryTsang"Waiting for the bus one morning…"You take the same bus to school or work every morning, and you are waiting for it.
HenryTsang"Waiting for a bus one morning…"You are not waiting for
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