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Originally posted by Donut:
Perhaps the inn was called "The Wayside Inn"
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If it was, the outcome would be a different, right? Usually it is the speaker's mind which dictates whether you use the definite articles. Depending on the speaker's point-of-view "Let's go to a restaurant" and "Let's go to the restaurant" could be equally correct.
Regarding the "carve a face in a mountain" -- your teacher is correct that it is written correctly, unless you have a particular mountain in mind, that is. However, your teacher cites an "exception" to the rule. This is made up. It's BS. There aren't really "exceptions" to the rule, there are only differing applications of the rule to a particular situation. This is what those of us who have been teachers call "backpedalling" or "making stuff up" -- we do that when a bright student corners us.
