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 (?)
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.
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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. 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.