A problem with the rule about articles in English
Could someone explain why ''I looked out of a window of my room'' means your room has more that one window, but ''I took off a pair of shoes that I bought in the UK'' doesn't mean that I bought more than one pair there? I narrowed down the number of possible variants using ''that I bought etc.'' so to complain the logic of my first example we need '''the'' if I mean I bought only one pair in the UK and ''a'' if two or more.

Perhaps I need to use ''which I bought'' instead of ''that I bought'' to narrow down.

Question

A problem with the rule about articles in English
Could someone explain why ''I looked out of a window of my room'' means your room has more that one window, but ''I took off a pair of shoes that I bought in the UK'' doesn't mean that I bought more than one pair there? I narrowed down the number of possible variants using ''that I bought etc.'' so to complain the logic of my first example we need '''the'' if I mean I bought only one pair in the UK and ''a'' if two or more.

Perhaps I need to use ''which I bought'' instead of ''that I bought'' to narrow down.

Answer

Второе предложение неверно грамматически. Во-первых, нарушены времена, в придаточном предложении здесь необходим past perfect, ведь покупка произошла раньше 
А что касается артикля, то "а" мы не можем здесь употребить, потому что часть с "which/that" (они здесь могут друг друга спокойной заменять) по умолчанию определяет (defines) эти туфли. Поэтому нужен definite article "the" :)

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I think because you 'bought' the second, you specify that you bought it, we know it is only one pair. If you said 'i looked out of a window i bought' then we would know it is one window. It's confusing though and a very good question! I never thought about it

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