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Originally Posted by Jenthepen
I don't know why every Japanese text book I've ever picked up has always taught to use が
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Beats me but then I was taught funny English in school, too, from which I still suffer.
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So let me get this straight.
You use は normaly just to state something isnt there, you dont have something, something isnt existing etc.
But when you use が it kinda means that something different or out of the ordanary has happened, like it is gone, or disppeared, ran away etc.
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Very good summary.
Just think which one takes more effort to pronounce as a single-syllable word. That is the one you use less often.
If you go into a store and ask if they carry a certain item, it is 「は」 100% of the time. Use 「が」 and your clerk will look perplexed for a second because he could not see any reason for you to be using 「が」.