There are whole books on this subject, Anon. 95% of the uses of the definite article are at the front of a noun phrase to indicate that the noun is a specific one known to the speaker and/or listener, or that the noun has been mentioned previously in the context of the utterance. edu/owl/resource/540/01 /] HERE [/url].
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