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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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To Keep The Romance Alive

The secret of a happy marriage is to keep the romance alive.

I read the example sentence from a dictionary.

Do native speakers of English always use the before romance to mean sexual love?

I'm not sure if the is essential in the context. The secret of a happy marriage is to keep romance alive (?)

  

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anonymous The secret of a happy marriage is to keep the romance alive. I'm not sure if the is essential in the context. ) You can do it either way.

  • anonymous The secret of a happy marriage is to keep the romance alive.
  • I'm not sure if the is essential in the context.
  • ) You can do it either way.
  • the romance is that particular romance that is specific to that marriage.
  • romance is romance more generally.
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anonymous

The secret of a happy marriage is to keep the romance alive.

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I'm not sure if the is essential in the context. The secret of a happy marriage is to keep romance alive (?)

You can do it either way.

the romance is that particular romance that is specific to that marriage.

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