In the sentence, "We must see the objects themselves as shapes instead of thinking about their function." Is the word "the" an adjective? Does it point out which one?
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'The' is a determiner, which is a sort of adjective. It indicates that specific objects are spoken of, perhaps one that were mentioned earlier.
— Mister Micawber
'The' is a determiner, which is a sort of adjective.
It indicates that specific objects are spoken of, perhaps one that were mentioned earlier.
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Mr. M. Is correct. The words "a, an, and the" are also called articles. A and an are called indefinite articles; "the" is called the definite article. You can read about articles in this href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar)" href="