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Lerethel Posted 6 years ago
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The stickers that said NRA

From To Kill a Mockingbird:
Maycomb was itself again. Precisely the same as last year and the year before that, with only two minor changes. Firstly, people had removed from their store windows and automobiles the stickers that said NRA — WE DO OUR PART. I asked Atticus why, and he said it was because the National Recovery Act was dead.
Why does the author use "the" in "the stickers"?
  

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Lerethel Why does the author use "the" in "the stickers"? She uses "the" because she's telling us which specific stickers are being removed, namely, those in their store windows, those on their automobiles, and only those that said NRA - WE DO OUR PART. "the" is often used when there is some specifying description of the noun in question, particularly when there's a restrictive relative clause after it.

  • Lerethel Why does the author use "the" in "the stickers"?
  • She uses "the" because she's telling us which specific stickers are being removed, namely, those in their store windows, those on their automobiles, and only those that said NRA - WE DO OUR PART.
  • "the" is often used when there is some specifying description of the noun in question, particularly when there's a restrictive relative clause after it.
  • CJ
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LerethelWhy does the author use "the" in "the stickers"?

She uses "the" because she's telling us which specific stickers are being removed, namely, those in their store windows, those on their automobiles, and only those that said NRA - WE DO OUR PART.

"the" is often used when there is some specifying description of the noun in question, particularly

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