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RulesforusingdefiniteArticle(the)

Thearticlethecanbeusedbothbeforeasingularandpluralnounaccordingtothefollowinggrammaticalrules.
e.g.thebook,thebooks
1.Beforetheplace,objectorgroupofobjectwhichisuniqueorconsideredtobeuniqueandgeographical
regionandpointsonglobe.
e.g.theearth,themoon,thesky,thestars,thenorthpole,theequator
2.Foranounwhichbecomesdefiniteorparticularbecauseitisalreadymentionedandisbeingmentioneda
secondtime.
e.g.Theteacherhelpedastudentandthestudentbecamehappy.
3.Foranounmadespecificordefiniteinaclauseoraphrase.
e.g.Theoldlady,Thegirlwithblueeyes,TheboythatIsaw,Theniceredshirt
4.Beforesuperlatives,andfirst,second,..etc,andonly
e.g.Thebestday,Theonlymethod,thesecondmonth,
5.Beforeaphrasecomposedofaproperandcommonnoun
e.g.TheNewYorkcity,TheriverNile,ThelibraryofCongress
6.Beforethenamesoforganizations
e.g.TheAssociationofCharteredAccountants,TheWorldHealthOrganization
7.Beforenamesofscientificprinciples,theories,lawsetc.e.g.thePythagoreantheorem,thelawsofNewton,
The Fahrenheit Scale. But no article will be used for these names if written in forms like, Newtons Law,
DaltonsLawofPartialPressures,HooksLawofElasticity
8.ArticletheisnotusedfornamesofuniversitiesifwritteninformslikeOxfordUniversity,YaleUniversity,
ColumbiaUniversity.ButarticletheisusedifnamesofuniversityarewritteninformslikeTheUniversity
ofOxford,TheUniversityofYale,TheUniversityofToronto.
9. Article the is not used for names of countries of places. e.g. New York, America, Mexico, Japan,
London.Butarticletheisusedforaname,ifitexpressesagroupofplace,states,orland.e.g.TheUnited
States,ThePhilippines,TheNetherlands

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