Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 个月前Why do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down17
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 个月前message-square45fedilink
minus-squareGrunt4019@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 个月前Yes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down16·7 个月前then the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 个月前You never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.
Yes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
then the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
You never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.