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Definite
Article 'The'
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To
Remember
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Examples
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Things
of Nature or Unique
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The
Sun,
The
sky,
The
earth
But
'The' is not used before Hell, Heaven, God, Parliament.
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Directions
(if preposition comes before it)
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The
sun rises in the east.
East
or West, India is the best.
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The
names of Rivers, oceans, seas, hills, lakes, dams, trains, ships, deserts
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The
Ganga,
The
Shatabdi Express,
The
Himalayas,
The
Bhakhra dam,
The
Sahara desert,
The
Arabian sea,
The
Indian ocean etc.
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The
names of newspapers, magazine, religious books.
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The
Gita,
The
Indian Express,
The
India Today,
The
Guardian,
The
New York Times
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The
names of historical buildings, public places, religious places.
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The
Taj Mahal,
The
Golden Temple,
The
zoo.
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The
singular noun which represents the whole of its class.
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The
dog is a faithful animal.
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The
Proper noun which is used as a Common noun.
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He is
the Rustam of Japan.
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The
name of organization of workshop, factory, party, bank.
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The
Congress,
The
state bank of India.
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Historical
events
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The
battle of Panipat.
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Big
posts
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The
President,
The
Prime Minister,
The
Director
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Words
-evening, morning, afternoon (if words - last, next or every, is not coming
before it)
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In
the evening,
In
the morning,
Last
evening,
Every
morning.
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Superlative
Degree
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The
greatest,
The
most,
The
fastest
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Comparative
Degree (if 'than' is not used before it)
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She
is the wiser of the two.
She
is wiser than Suman.
The
older he grew, the worse he became.
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The
Common noun which has already been mentioned or which is already known.
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There
was a fox.
The
fox was hungry.
I
know the man who came here last night.
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Proper
noun for making it plural.
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The
Guptas,
The
Greens,
The Sharmas,
The Smiths,
The
Browns
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The
Adjectives which is used as noun.
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The
rich,
The
brave,
The
poor.
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The
dates
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Today
is the 3rd of December.
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After
words 'All & Both' and before words 'Whole & Same')
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All
the boys,
Both
the girls,
The
whole class,
The
same shirt.
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The
thing which is specific or particular
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That
is the house.
The
girl standing in the first row.
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Community,
castes
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The English,
The
Hindus,
The
French
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Normally
'The' is not used before the name of any country or person. But such
countries which are united, 'The' is used before their name.
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The
UK,
The
USA,
The
UAE.
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Use 'The'
with clauses introduced by only
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The
only day,
The
only person,
The
only tea
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The
Hotels
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The
Taj Hotel,
The
Hilton,
The
Golden Lion
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