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Julius_ Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

when we use the articles

If you don't eat it, you can put it in fridge.
If you don't eat it you can put it in the fridge.
If you don't eat it you can put it in a fridge.

Which of the above sentences is correct if I am not talking about any particular fridge?
  

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What would you choose?
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I would choose 'the fridge' as it is a specific device, I mean like with the animals. You can say: The wolves are very rare in this area. 'The wolves' as the species. or:Yesterday I saw wolves in this area. 'Wolves' in general.Am I right?
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You said "which one is correct when no particular fridge is being referred to".

If you don't eat it you can put it in a fridge. (no particular fridge)

You should say
Wolves are very rare in this area. (a generic reference to wolves)
or
The wolf is very rare in this area. (a generic reference to wolves; usually seen in scientific articles)

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In British English we'd be more likely to put in in the fridge. 'Putting something in the fridge' has as much the idea of keeping something fresh and cool as actually physically opening the door of a refrigerator and putting the something inside.

Simillarly, we put things in the oven if we are baking something, and go to the pub if we go for a drink.
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fivejedjonIn British English we'd be more likely to put in in the fridge.
I agree but since he/she explicitly said "we're not talking about any particular fridge", I guess that his/her teacher would probably prefer to see an "a" there.
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Ivanhrsince he/she explicitly said "we're not talking about any particular fridge", I guess that his/her teacher would probably prefer to see an "a" there.
Nah. Nobody would ever say "put it in a fridge" in this context. "The" fridge is any fridge the way "the" oven is any oven. You might be directed to put something in a refrigerator as part of a laboratory p
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enoonsound wrong because "fridge" is not an appliance, it is the place where things are kept cold—the appliance is a refrigerator.
Well, I always thought that "fridge" is short for "refrigerator". Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with either of them, grammar-wise.
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IvanhrI don't see anything wrong with either of them, grammar-wise.
There isn't, except that nobody would ever say "put it in a fridge" in this context.
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enoon IvanhrI don't see anything wrong with either of them, grammar-wise.There isn't, except that nobody would ever say "put it in a fridge" in this context.
enoon IvanhrI don't see anything wrong with either of them, grammar-wise.There isn't, except that nobody would ever say "put it in a fridge" in this context.
And again
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