Which is correct? A or The? I encountered this sentence in my textbook. Question: Which is correct? (Choose one from each group) A. There are 1.23 dollars to a euro B. There are 1.23 dollars for a eur

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Which is correct? A or The? I encountered this sentence in my textbook. Question: Which is correct? (Choose one from each group) A. There are 1.23 dollars to a euro B. There are 1.23 dollars for a euro. C. There are 1.23 dollars to the euro. I chose A. But the correct answer is C. Could you clarify why "the euro" is correct? I think that "a", which is an indefinite article, is used to describe something not specific. In this sentence, "euro" is considered as "general" currency. I'm not sure why I should use "the" instead of "a". Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Mar 22, 2019 6:02 AM

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I would say both A and C sound very natural

March 22, 2019

I would say both A and C are correct, depending on the context, and my answer would have been A (if we were talking about currencies in general). So, really, this is just a bad question - nothing more than that! :)

March 22, 2019

'The' becAuse you are talking about 'the euro', not any old euro in general, but a specific currency with specific attributes. The Cdn dollar, the US dollar, the british pound - all refer to a currency, not a piece of currency in your pocket. You can often replace 'one' with 'a' or 'an' to get a better idea of which article makes more sense in a given context . Just to confuse things however, Colloquially, the two (a or the) in this case would likely be interchangeable in spoken language.

March 22, 2019