[Vocabulary] In the city / in a city

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englishhobby

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Which is correct? More natural (without any special context)?
1) He lives in a city.
2) He lives in the city.
3)He lives in a village.
4) He lives in the village.
5) Mark has a family in a village and Tom has a family in the city.
6) Pete's family is in a town.
 
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Few utterances have real meaning without some form of context.
 

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Which is correct?
1) He lives in a city.
2) He lives in the city.
3)He lives in a village.
4) He lives in the village.
5) Mark has a family in a village and Tom has a family in the city.

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Excellent! They are correct. However, The city refers to specific city. In other words, listeners or readers know to which city you refer to. On the other hand, "a city" isn't specific, it might be any city. Hope that helps.
 
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