🔒 Closed Should "a" be used in the sentence, "He went to the city by means of a train (bus, taxi, plane)"?

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plhbg1

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Normally, yes.

However, there is the possibility that “the train” or “the bus” or “the plane” were the only ones of their kind that were available, so in that case, you would use “the.”

But if there were two or more of each, then you would need to use “a.”
 
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