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Notanativespeaker1 Posted 14 years ago
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Yet another "a" vs "the"

Dialogue:

A: Application A sends emails.
B: So does application B!
A: But application B put ads in an/the email.

Here we know that this email is sent by the application, but it could be any email, therefore the confusion. I would say " the". Is that correct?
  

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A: Application A sends emails. B: So does application B! A: But application B put ads in an/ the email.

  • A: Application A sends emails.
  • B: So does application B!
  • A: But application B put ads in an/ the email.
  • Here we know that this email is sent by the application, but it could be any email, therefore the confusion.
  • I would say " the".
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A: Application A sends emails.
B: So does application B!
A: But application B put ads in an/the email.

Here we know that this email is sent by the application, but it could be any email, therefore the confusion. I would say " the". Is that correct? Yes.

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