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KhoshtipMan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Using the definite article for adjectives

Please consider the sentence below:

Of the two students, John works the harder.

I thought 'the' is used only for nouns:

The book, the young (people), ....


What is the reason behind that please?

  

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I would not include the article. It does not seem to me to be grammatical.

  • I would not include the article.
  • It does not seem to me to be grammatical.
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I would not include the article. It does not seem to me to be grammatical.

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