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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

We live in a/the galaxy called the Milky Way.

Hello.


If you wanted to state the fact below, would you use 'a' or 'the'?

1) We live in a galaxy called the Milky Way.
2) We live in the galaxy called the Milky Way.

And please explain why. As always, this is the most important for me.

  

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We live in a galaxy called the Milky way Another example may make it clearer for you- I live in a city called London, and not I live in the city called London

  • We live in a galaxy called the Milky way Another example may make it clearer for you- I live in a city called London, and not I live in the city called London
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We live in a galaxy called the Milky way


Another example may make it clearer for you-

  • I live in a city called London, and not I live in the city called London
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Reegis1) We live in a galaxy called the Milky Way.

There are many galaxies. We live in one of them. This one is called the Milky Way.

Reegis2) We live in the galaxy called the Milky Way.

We live in the specific galaxy whose name is the Milky Way.

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The universe is full of galaxies. We live in one of them. That is, we live in a galaxy. It is called the Milky Way. In short,

We live in a galaxy called the Milky Way.
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Here is a chart of galaxies. Each one is labeled with its name. For example, this one is called Andromeda, and this one is called the Milky Way. As you can see there are ma

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