kadioguy
Key Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
(My original conversation)
Tom (from America): Will you buy an iPhone 12?
John (from Taiwan): No, an/the iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
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a. An iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
b. The iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
In this context I think both can be used.
Sentence (a) means if I buy one (an iPhone 12), it will cost me a lot of money.
Sentence (b) means if I buy this cell phone ("iPhone 12" is an uncountable noun here), it will cost me a lot of money.
What do you think?
Tom (from America): Will you buy an iPhone 12?
John (from Taiwan): No, an/the iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
----
a. An iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
b. The iPhone 12 costs too much in my country.
In this context I think both can be used.
Sentence (a) means if I buy one (an iPhone 12), it will cost me a lot of money.
Sentence (b) means if I buy this cell phone ("iPhone 12" is an uncountable noun here), it will cost me a lot of money.
What do you think?