Yeah, sure, Kenny, twit the "regulars" for being unhelpful, but
given half -- no, one-googleth -- a chance, pick on the only thing
you can wilfully misunderstand in a posting and misunderstand it
to death.
Complex fits better.
You mean that if I refer to a particular piece of furniture
in my office as "the desk", that I'm wrong?
Sure, if you're pointing to a chair or teapot, or if you're
expecting agreement that the desk you're pointing to is /the/,
that is the only or the definitive, desk. Is that what you're
doing? (fx:tap-tap) I'm not getting video on this connection.
Of course the OP might not have realised that was the implication
of what they'd said, perhaps because of dialectic differences,
of which I don't question the existence. Perhaps you, too, were
unaware of this usage. Consider this a learning opportunity.
there are offices in the world that don't even have a desk!!!
Are you claiming that those are /conformant/ offices?
(*) And, as amazing as I might find this, and as hard as it is to
believe, they don't all look the same as my desk!!! Oh the shock!
Oh the horror!!!
Multiple exclamation marks!
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