I can't find the difference of the meaning in these two sentences.
He was working at the restaurant for a month last year
He worked at a restaurant for a month last year.
I'll be grateful if you explain the difference.
The use of "the restaurant" in the first sentence signifies thy the restaurant is known to the speaker whereas in the second sentence the use of "a restaurant"' tells us that the restaurant is not known to the speaker.
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Hello Agata,
In the first sentence
He was working at the restaurant for a month last year
We know which restaurant he was working at 'the' and the connection is to emphasis that he had a job at a particular restaurant for a particular time.
The second sentence
He worked at a restaurant for a month last year.
This is completed action in finished time and we don't know which restaurant. (a restaurant). We are more interested in the completed action rather than detail.
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