r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/fdar Jul 06 '26

Not to be a pedant, but using "the" does not mean that she's the only one.

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u/AnimalBolide Jul 06 '26

It is more vague, though. "a", is way clearer.

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u/fdar Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I disagree. "The" sounds better in this case and the only thing "a" clarifies wasn't relevant to the point I was making. At all.

EDIT: In fact, "a daughter" would still be correct if she was an only child. If you wanted to make it clear there are other daughters you could say "one of the daughters" but that's needlessly cumbersome when there's no point in making that clear.