“in a green shirt" or "in the green shirt"?
1) the girl in a green shirt looks pretty.
2) the girl in the green shirt looks pretty.
Which is right?
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The girl in the green shirt is pretty.
The girl wearing a green shirt is pretty.
Either one of these sentences would sound perfectly normal.
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I am not sure, but if you or someone are seeing this object at the first time you should use 'a green shirt.
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As others have said in various ways - both are correct, but 'in the' is slightly more natural.
That is because if you are identifying the girl by the fact that she is the only one wearing a green shirt, then there is only one green shirt being worn by a girl, and therefore you use 'the'.
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the girl in the green shirt looks pretty.
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They are both correct but "the" sounds more natural.
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