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- "Я рисую ручкой."
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It depends on the situation. If you are using something as an instrument, you don't put с as per the answer.
If the subject is actually -with- something, you use с. For example, с гривами is "with mushrooms."
What is the difference between ркчка and перо , or are they interchangable?
"перо́" is a feather and also the colloquial name for a fountain pen (перьева́я ручка) and a stylus for a digital graphic tablet.
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Does the use of the instrumental case make it "a pen" (in general) instead of "the pen" because "the pen" was marked incorrect.
Yes, but ручка is a diminutive form of рука. Still, formal language should be used, at least with Duo on Duolingo, and it is very unlikely that you would draw only with your arm/hand.
Unless you are a very small child, you won't say "я рисую ручкой" when you mean your hand, and not a pen.
I see what you did there. The -ой ending makes it instrumental. But does adding the <с> change the meaning?
Yes. "С" is used when you want to say "together with" rather than "by means of". Я рисую ручкой - I am drawing, using a pen for that purpose. Я рисую с ручкой - a sentient pen and I are drawing together.
