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    He definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. Without the definite article general words (indefinite) i've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton. I like the flowers in your garden. The round church in Klingenthal is famous.

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    He definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. Without the definite article general words (indefinite) i've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton. I like the flowers in your garden. The round church in Klingenthal is famous.

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    He definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. Without the definite article general words (indefinite) i've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton. I like the flowers in your garden. The round church in Klingenthal is famous.

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    he definite article - the

    The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural.
    the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers

    If the following word begins with a vowel, we speak [ ], if the following word begins with a
    consonant, we speak [ ].

    [ ] [ ]
    the following word starts with a spoken
    the following word starts with a spoken vowel
    consonant
    the girl the English girl
    the book the blue book
    the school the old school
    the unit the uncle
    Here a [ ] is pronounced at the beginning of Here a [ ] is pronounced at the beginning of
    the word. the word.

    We have listed some examples in the following table. There you can see when we use the
    definite article and when we don't.

    without the definite article with the definite article


    general words (indefinite) general words (definite)
    Life is too short. I've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton.
    I like flowers. I like the flowers in your garden.
    names of persons on the singular, relatives family names in the plural
    Peter and John live in London.
    The Smiths live in Chicago.
    Aunt Mary lives in Los Angeles.
    public buildings, institutions, means of public buildings, institutions, means of
    transport (indefinite) transport (definite)
    Mandy doesn't like school. The school that Mandy goes to is old.
    We go to school by bus. The bus to Dresden leaves at 7.40.
    Some people go to church on Sundays. The round church in Klingenthal is famous.
    names of countries in the singular; summits of names of countries in the plural; mountain
    mountains; continents; towns ranges; regions
    Germany, France;
    the United States of America, the Netherlands;
    Mount Whitney, Mount McKinley;
    the Highlands, the Rocky Mountains, the Alps;
    Africa, Europe;
    the Middle East, the west of Australia
    Cairo, New York
    single islands groups of islands
    Corfu, Bermuda, Sicily the Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canaries
    parks; lakes; streets name with of-phrase; oceans; seas; rivers
    the Statue of Liberty, the Tower (of London),
    Central Park, Hyde Park; the Isle of Wight;
    Lake Michigan, Loch Ness; the Atlantic (Ocean);
    42nd Street, Oxford Street the Mediterranean (Sea);
    the Nile, the Rhine, the Suez Canal
    months, days of the week (indefinite) months, days of the week (definite)
    The weekend is over on Monday morning. I always remember the Monday when I had an
    July and August are the most popular months accident.
    for holidays. The August of 2001 was hot and dry.

    We use the seasons of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter) with or without the definite
    article.

    in summer or in the summer

    The American English word for autum >fall< is always used with the definte article.

    Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often depends on the context.
    Watch the following example:

    The student goes to school.


    The mother goes to the school.

    In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second we do. The student goes
    to school for its primary purpose, so we do not use the article.

    The mother might talk to a teacher, for example. She visits the school for a different reason.
    That's why we use the definite article in the second sentence.

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