The bruiser
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I am reading an article 'Shabnim Ismail: The bruiser with a soft center'.
Could you please explain the use of the definite article "the" in the phrase "The bruiser with a soft center"?
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Top answer
Articles in English are highly idiomatic, and they have a hundred uses. I will nevertheless try to explain this one. He is a bruiser (an extraordinarily fit and imposing man).
- Articles in English are highly idiomatic, and they have a hundred uses.
- I will nevertheless try to explain this one.
- He is a bruiser (an extraordinarily fit and imposing man).
- There are many bruisers in the world.
- This one has a soft center.
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Articles in English are highly idiomatic, and they have a hundred uses. I will nevertheless try to explain this one. He is a bruiser (an extraordinarily fit and imposing man). There are many bruisers in the world. This one has a soft center. It doesn't matter if there are other bruisers with a soft center. We pretend that he is the only one in this expression. That isn't quite it, but it is th
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