“A big glass” vs. “The big glass”

I was reading articles online and found this:

When a modifier appears between the article and the noun, the
subsequent article will continue to be indefinite:

"I'd like a big glass of orange juice, please," John said.
"I put a big glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied.

Source:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm

My question is that "can we rephrase this sentence:"

"I put a big glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied

Something like this:

"I put the big glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied

If not then please let me know below sentence is correct or not?

I have seen the big house in our town.

Answer

The website you got this from is pointing out something very peculiar. It first gives this example:

"I’d like a glass of orange juice, please," John said.
"I put the glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied.

Sheila is referring a particular glass of juice – the one she put on the counter. Therefore, she switches from a glass to the glass.

However, when they add a modifier:

"I’d like a big glass of orange juice, please," John said.
"I put a big glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied.

Why, in this case, did Sheila say "a big glass" instead of "the big glass"? Because (this website claims):

When a modifier appears between the article and the noun, the subsequent article will continue to be indefinite.

I think this is bad advice.

In the first example, Sheila could say a glass of juice, even without the modifier. In fact, I think that version sounds better:

"I’d like a glass of orange juice, please," John said.
"I put a glass of juice on the counter already," Sheila replied.

Also, I don’t see how the presence of a modifier determines which articles should be used. Consider:

John ordered a dish. I cooked the dish for him.

John ordered a succulent dish. I cooked the succulent dish for him.

I didn’t switch to an indefinite article just because I added the word succulent.

Either I’m missing what this website is trying to say, or else the website is trying to create a "rule" that shouldn’t be a rule.

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Source : Link , Question Author : user62015 , Answer Author : J.R.