the relative pronoun/the article
❶Today I met a girl who I met at a coffee shop a week ago.
❷Today I met the girl who I met at a coffee shop a week ago.
The difference is if it's the definate article or the indefinite article before "girl".
it sounds like ❶ is more correct to me.
Which should I say ❶ or ❷？
Or it depends on if I introduce the girl to listeners for the first time or not?
Thank you!!
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Answers · 7
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Because you're referring to a specific girl (the one you met a week ago) as opposed to any girl, you should use the definite article 'the'. So, the second sentence is correct.
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❶ can be fine too; you might have met several people, several girls at the coffee shop. This is one of them. Or it might be that you attach little importance to this girl as yet; so "a girl" might better express your meaning. Today I met a man that I'd seen before ...
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is there any situation ❶ is correct?
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number 2 is correct
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