Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down110
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareGrunt4019@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoYes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down17·6 months agothen the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoYou never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.
Yes I know this, the reason that I asked this question is because it is a departure from the rules laid out here. Oftentimes we say “the mirror” even though we are not referring to any specific mirror.
then the answer is ‘oftentimes youre wrong’
You never said or heard “look in the mirror”? Because it’s not wrong.