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Anonymous52111 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

"The"

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"02font 02br 02br 00This is hard to answer in just a few sentences. Michael Swan, in his Practical English Usage, takes several pages to explain about articles. I see in your question that you have used 'the' correctly.

— Clive

  • "02font 02br 02br 00This is hard to answer in just a few sentences.
  • Michael Swan, in his Practical English Usage, takes several pages to explain about articles.
  • I see in your question that you have used 'the' correctly.
  • I think you have probably also learned some thing about articles from books or classes before.
  • 02br 02br 00I suggest the best thing is if you write some sentences and post them here, so that we can see any areas that you have trouble with.
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0Hi,02br
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00This is hard to answer in just a few sentences. Michael Swan, in his Practical English Usage, takes several pages to explain about articles. I see in your question that you have used 'the' correctly. I think you have probably also l
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0Okay, here are some sentences: 02br
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001st Sentence: That movie you just saw is 01u00the02u00 Star Wars. 02br
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002nd Sentence: The K9 is 01u00the02u00 German shepherd. 02br
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003rd Sentence: Why would you like to eat 01u00the02u00 food? 02br
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0All of those sentences are fine. 05000 A minor complaint would be that using "the" in the third sentence is unlikely; it'd be more likely to use "your food," "this food" or "that food" dependently.02br
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00By the looks of those examples your grasp of "the" is perfectly adequate, but you can of course still ask should you have any more questions. 051010id51
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0Hi,02br
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01font001st Sentence: That movie you just saw is 01u00the02u00 Star Wars. 00You should omit the article. 'Star wars' is a proper name. You don't say about a person, he is 'the Tom'00.02font02br
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01font002nd Sentence: The K9 is 01u00the
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