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| Please tell me why should we change the indifinite article into a definite one, if that is necessary: I felt that it had been a mistake to write a letter. = a) I regretted ever having written the / that letter. b) I regretted ever having written A letter. Thanks again, Hela |
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| Does the first line introduce a) and b)? I felt that it had been a mistake to write a letter (as opposed to calling or speaking to X in person). a) I regretted ever having written the / that letter. (a previously mentioned letter) b) I regretted ever having written a letter. (as opposed to calling or speaking to X in person) |
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| So you think that b) is closer in meaning to the original sentence than a) ? |
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| I have to transform : I felt that it had been a mistake to write a letter. Into another sentence starting with: I regretted ever and this last sentence should mean exactly the same as I felt that it had been a mistake to write a letter. So which one would be the exact equivalent: a) or b) ? a) I regretted ever having written the / that letter. b) I regretted ever having written A letter. Thank you very much. |
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