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Grammar Section
The Article
Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change
according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to, e.g. the
boy, the woman, the children
'The' is used:
to refer to something which has already been mentioned.
An elephant and a mouse fell in love.
The mouse loved the elephant's long trunk,
and the elephant loved the mouse's tiny nose.
when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked
about, even if it has not been mentioned before.
'Where's the bathroom?'
'It's on the first floor.'
3. in sentences or clauses where we define or identify a particular
person or object:
The man who wrote this book is famous.
'Which car did you scratch?' 'The red one.
My house is the one with a blue door.'
4. to refer to objects we regard as unique:
the sun, the moon, the world
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