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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The definite article usage in a sentence

Please have a look at the sentence below:
This is the popular song of Taylor Swift.

To me, if Swift has no popular songs or more than one popular song or there isn't any specific song related to that singer known as "popular", the sentence doesn't make sense and the usage of the here will not be correct and we should use an indefinite article in that sentence:
This is a popular song of Taylor Swift.

Using the definite article can be optional in some cases but in this sentence, it's not.
Do you guys agree with me?
  

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I agree that the use of "the" is not correct. This is a popular song by Taylor Swift. ) This is a popular Taylor Swift song.

— BarbaraPA

  • I agree that the use of "the" is not correct.
  • This is a popular song by Taylor Swift.
  • ) This is a popular Taylor Swift song.
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I agree that the use of "the" is not correct.
This is a popular song by Taylor Swift. (I would not use "of" there either.)

This is a popular Taylor Swift song.
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AnonymousThis is the popular song of Taylor Swift.
As you correctly assume and as BarbaraPA has confirmed, in this case, the definite article does not look right. However, it could work if the sentence said:
This is the popular Taylor Swift song that I was telling you about.

But of course, that is not your sentence.
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