Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 days agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up197
arrow-up197message-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 · 17 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareGrunt4019@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days agoYes 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-up1·17 days agothen the answer is ‘oftentimes youre 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’