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1. The building that I visited today is a museum.
2. A building in which antiques are kept is called a museum.
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Solution
- The word used before building in ....
- ‘Building’ in sentence 1 is specific because it is the one ‘I’ visited.
‘Building’ in sentence 2 is non-specific because it is like other buildings.
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