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Originally Posted by musicgold  Hi All,
The following sentence is from a grammar book. I have questions about the two 'a's in pink.
Penny got a very sunburnt back on the first day, so she has had to wear a T-shirt sin then.
1. If the sentence is talking about Penny's back, why is it using 'a' to refer to a definite thing?
2. I assume, Penny must be changing her T-shirt everyday. That means here the word 'T-shirt' should be used in a general sense, without any article.
Please give your opinions. Thanks,
MG. |
Penny got a surnburned back because her back is not the only one.
T-shirt gets an indefinitie article because it is a countable noun and it is not the only T-shirt.