Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
On "the" corner.
Hi all,
It's from a book and I would like to know why it says, "on the corner" instead of "in a corner" while the author has never referred to this corner before in his story.
My career as a personal assistant hit rock bottom one summer morning when Valencia greeted me with a flyer she'd taken from the window of an exotic-bird shop located on the corner.
Thank you,
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It's from a book and I would like to know why it says, "on the corner" instead of "in a corner" while the author has never referred to this corner before in his story.
My career as a personal assistant hit rock bottom one summer morning when Valencia greeted me with a flyer she'd taken from the window of an exotic-bird shop located on the corner.
Thank you,
m
Top answer
For in a/the corner to be correct, you'd have to be indoors, for example. The reference is clearly to a street corner and on is used because of that. The is probably used instead of a because the speaker has a particular corner in mind.
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For in a/the corner to be correct, you'd have to be indoors, for example. The reference is clearly to a street corner and on is used because of that. The is probably used instead of a because the speaker has a particular corner in mind.
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And thank you again,
I didn't know that type of usage was acceptable in terms of "the." I always thought that the reader or listener is the denominator of articles.
m
I didn't know that type of usage was acceptable in terms of "the." I always thought that the reader or listener is the denominator of articles.
m
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