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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Article "the" and generalization

I know that one can use "the" in order to make generalizations in some circumstances for e.g. "the computer changed our lives.", but I cannot really understand how "the" in the following image can mean generalizations.
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We can generalize in 3 ways: The computer is a machine that have changed our lives. Computers are machines that have changed our lives. A computer is a machine that have changed our lives.

  • We can generalize in 3 ways: The computer is a machine that have changed our lives.
  • Computers are machines that have changed our lives.
  • A computer is a machine that have changed our lives.
  • (This one can be a dictionary definition)
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We can generalize in 3 ways:

The computer is a machine that have changed our lives.
Computers are machines that have changed our lives.
A computer is a machine that have changed our lives. (This one can be a dictionary definition)
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