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Chinpunkanpun Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Article `The`

Could anyone please explain why is the article `the` used in the following sentence.
{Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain.
Thank you in advance.

  

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chinpunkanpun Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain. We, the readers, are supposed to imagine ourselves in a world where there is a rain storm, which represents life's troubles metaphorically.

  • chinpunkanpun Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.
  • It is about learning to dance in the rain.
  • We, the readers, are supposed to imagine ourselves in a world where there is a rain storm, which represents life's troubles metaphorically.
  • It is this imaginary storm and its rain which are the storm and the rain.
  • CJ
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chinpunkanpunLife is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain.

We, the readers, are supposed to imagine ourselves in a world where there is a rain storm, which represents life's troubles metaphorically. It is this imaginary storm and its rain which are the storm and the rain.

CJ

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