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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The way

It's sweet the way he sticks up for his little brother.
stick up for sth/sb Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Please explain the use of "the" before way. Is "way" here countable?
  

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Switch that sentence around, and you'll get: The way he sticks up for his brother is sweet. Does that help?

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  • Switch that sentence around, and you'll get: The way he sticks up for his brother is sweet.
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Switch that sentence around, and you'll get:
The way he sticks up for his brother is sweet.

Does that help? Emotion: wink
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So are we talking about a specific way-the particular way he sticks up for his brother, there can be many ways in which he can stick up but here one specific way is implied. Hope I have got it correct?
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