Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down110
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoMirrors used to be expensive so I imagine it came from a whole family sharing just 1. And perhaps they were not common enough for them to even think about other mirrors. So they would just refer to the singular mirror they had.
Mirrors used to be expensive so I imagine it came from a whole family sharing just 1. And perhaps they were not common enough for them to even think about other mirrors. So they would just refer to the singular mirror they had.