Hi,
I've thought of such a sentence: 'They played with a cat's toy.' Does the sentence kind of indicate this cat has / had one toy only?
I am asking the question, because I have learned that, for example, the phrase the cat's toy in a sentence like 'They hid the cat's toy' indicates the animal has / had one toy only. I'm trying to understand if it's the that conveys the meaning of a single item, 'sticking' to both cat and toy? Or, maybe, a phrase with a would work the same way, and to indicate 'one of toys of a cat' I should say 'a cat toy'?
I've thought of such a sentence: 'They played with a cat's toy.' Does the sentence kind of indicate this cat has / had one toy only?
I am asking the question, because I have learned that, for example, the phrase the cat's toy in a sentence like 'They hid the cat's toy' indicates the animal has / had one toy only. I'm trying to understand if it's the that conveys the meaning of a single item, 'sticking' to both cat and toy? Or, maybe, a phrase with a would work the same way, and to indicate 'one of toys of a cat' I should say 'a cat toy'?