Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down18
arrow-up1102arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoWe like to think English follows a consistent set of rules. It doesn’t.
We like to think English follows a consistent set of rules.
It doesn’t.