Definite or indefinite article for non-singletons?

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sat Jul 27 18:14:52 EDT 2019


On 07/27/2019 02:10 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:

> When talking about indistinguishable objects, is it correct to talk
> about "the <x>" or "an <x>"?

Multiple indistinguishable objects are still multiple, so "an".

Implementation details should only enter the conversation when specifically discussing the implementation -- so CPython is an implementation detail while Python is the language.

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~Ethan~



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