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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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0Hi,02br
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001. He has the longer hair. -- Here, 01i00the02i00 is not needed but I cannot explain why 01i00the02i00 isn't needed. It sounds better with 01i00the02i00, to me. 02br
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002. I listen to the news on the radio every morning, -- Like before, the is not needed and for this case, 01i00the 02i00shouldn't be there possibly but I cannot explain why and it sounds better with 01i00the 02i00sometimes to me. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00But wait until a native speaker is here. 02br 02br 01i 00Please use next time another topic subject! 02br 02i 00 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00But wait until a native speaker is here.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00Please use next time another topic subject!
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0 I could it only explain it in this way:02br
00hair is not countable, it's not definable, therefore the is not allowed, not needed.02br
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00But wait until a native speaker is here. I'm probably wrong!02br
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01i00Please use next time another topic subject! Thanks.02br
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0 1.02br
00It seems that the is no needed. 01b00The02b00 is used before comparatives.02br
01i00The longer we wait, the more we will suffer the consequences02br
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02i01b00The02b00 is also used in superlatives02br
01i00She has the longest hair I have ever seen.02br
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0 To me it's more simple.02br
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00He has a head02br
00He has a big head02br
00He has a head bigger than mine02br
00He has a bigger head02br
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00But: he has the biggest head.02br
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00He has hair02br
00He has long hair02br
00...02br
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00You see, on
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0Thank you.02br
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00For 1 you said, I think, that The is used before comparatives. Does that apply to a situation where the comparison is implicit or not so explicit like the situation where it is known by the context like this?02br
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00Let us assume there is two people, John and Jim, standing in line and a third person is commenting on which person
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0I think your sentence is correct because of elipsis.02br
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00He has the longer hair [between the two]0-
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