Thread: Why use "the" before "wrong number"?
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Old 05-Jul-2004, 21:31
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If a hairdresser had a limited number of styles, you could use 'the', otherwise, and more naturally, use 'a', because there is no single perfect haircut.

BTW- if there are two turnings only, then you would say he took the wrong turning.
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