Definite or indefinite article for non-singletons?
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Sun Jul 28 04:32:56 EDT 2019
Chris Angelico wrote:
> When talking about indistinguishable objects, is it correct to talk
> about "the <x>" or "an <x>"?
>
> Example:
>
> def f(s):
> """Frob a thing.
>
> If s is an empty string, frobs all the things.
> OR
> If s is the empty string, frobs all the things.
> """
Slightly OT:
While I would write "an empty string" but happily accept "the empty string"
I stumbled upon "all *the* things". Shouldn't it be "all things"?
Real question as I'm not a native speaker.
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