the word the?
for example,,,you look like the guy in the band,,,,if you and the person you are talking to know who you are talking about,,you can use the? even if there are more than one in the band?
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Yes, you can use “the” here for exactly the reason you state. Since you and your listener both know to whom you are referring, the number of people in the band is irrelevant. If your listener doesn’t know, you could say “… one of the guys in the band.”
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In this context the word ‘the’ means the specific one. It is used in an emphatic sense: THE guy in THE band. It is then pronounced thee as a way of emphasizing that the is not general but specific. And yes, you and the person you are speaking to know exactly to whom you are referring.
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