<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by WHBM:
To me "The QE2" is correct, because there is only one such ship. However, we built 20 Concordes. If there is only one plane flight in the morning I can say "I am taking the early flight". If there are several of them I would say "I am taking an early flight", because it could be one of several. If I say "the early flight" in this context then the person meeting me will have to ask which one.</font>
Yeah, but the equivalent here to "the early flight" is "the Concorde." The equivalent to just saying "Concorde" is "early flight."
Would you ever say, "I'm taking early flight?"
Or did I misunderstand you, and are you saying that we should say, "I'm taking a Concorde?"
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