Here is an example from a test on articles (1st, 2nd):
I recommend you eat ___ apple pie at this restaurant.
The correct answer is the
.
I deem that it is because they are considering the set of different meals, and in this set in that particular restaurant there is only one apple pie
. In other words, in the menu of the restaurant you can find only one apple pie
.
But on the other hand, I could consider a lot of "instances" of the same pie ever made in this restaurant, in which case, I suppose, I should have used the indefinite article.
My questions are
- am I right about the reasons of using
the apple pie
? - how can I choose the set correctly? For example "Taking into account the plan of your apartment, you will definitely get a fast and strong WiFi connection provided that you buy ___ Google WiFi router". Is the set of companies producing wifi routers (google, mikrotik and so on...) considered here, in which case google wifi router is a single item on the list, or the set consisting of all instances / devices produced by all companies considered here, in which case I recommend buying one of these devices?