"a" or no article before "history/beef with him"

I don't like him. I have a history with him.
I don't like him. I have a beef with him.

They are both singular countable nouns in these sentences.

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Are these two sentences correct

They have a history with each other.
They have a beef with each other.

Also please check:
Partially substantivized adjectives are often the names of nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.);

The original sentence didn't have the article "the". Isn't "the" a mu

DibAre these two sentences correctThey have a history with each other.They have a beef with each other.

OK.

DibPartially substantivized adjectives are often the names of nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.); The original sentence didn't have the article "the". Isn't "the" a must in the statement above and

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is this correct:

Partially substantivized adjectives are often the names of the nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.);

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No: no article before 'nationalities'.

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How come can we omit "the" in the original sentence:

Partially substantivized adjectives are often [the] names of nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.);

Why is "the" not needed here? aren't we supposed to put it in sentences like these because of the preposition "of"?

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DibWhy is "the" not needed here?

The noun does not refer to all nationalities, nor does it refer to the listed nationalities only; it refers to nationalities generally. The mere presence of 'of' is irrelevant.

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In that case why is the sentence in the OP where I included the article "the" myself correct, since we are talking about nationalities generally?
I am talking about this statement:

Partially substantivized adjectives are often the names of nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.);

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DibI am talking about this statement:Partially substantivized adjectives are often the names of nationalities (the British, the French, the Irish, the Swiss, etc.);

There is no 'the' before nationalities in that statement.

Oops sorry! I meant before "names" i.e "the names of nationalities"