Grunt4019@lemm.eecake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.eecake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·21 days 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.