helo friends
can you explain me how to use the article "THE" properly.
you can use your imagination to creatively explain me the usage of "THE".Lets rock!
Thanks.
2007-11-12 02:20:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
you use it when you are saying something that you actually know which one. like "i want THE pencil on that table" versus using 'A' when you dont know which one like "i want a pencil on a table"
2007-11-12 02:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Hopelessly Devoted To You 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a great question. THE question you just asked has much meaning to me since I hope to get THE 10 points. THE can be used to point out an object such as THE stove or THE car. It can also be used to end a story as in THE end. This is THE end of my answer but I do hope I get THE 10 points for THE most creative answer. LOL!
2007-11-12 10:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by GoldenHaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word the is the only definite article of the English language. The is the most common word in the English language.
The article the is used in English as the very first part of a noun phrase. For example:
The end of time begins now.
Here "the end of time" is a noun phrase. The use of the signals that the reference is to a specific and unique instance of the concept (such as person, object, or idea) expressed in the noun phrase. Here, the implication is that there is one end of time, and that it has arrived.
There are many times, but the meaning here is the time now, of which (at the moment the sentence was produced) there is only one.
2007-11-12 10:24:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
THE lady went to THE bathroom on THE plane, and when she flushed THE excriment THE toilet expelled THE freeze dried pooh onto THE sunbathers.
It's an article.
2007-11-12 10:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by jojo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I can think of right now is how when it comes before a word that starts with a constanant it is pronounced the, when it is before a vowel, it is pronounced "tha." Learned that in theater.
2007-11-12 10:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by geny82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this won't get me the ten points but I thank you for the opportunity to vent . I hate that they put the word the in front of my street (The Elms) every time I tell someone my address over the phone someone asks me to spell it .
2007-11-12 10:30:54 · answer #6 · answered by Too much information 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in Spanish you would use the word 'the' when referring as an article depending if the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. there are four forms of 'the' in Spanish.
el
la
los
las
2007-11-12 10:25:10 · answer #7 · answered by c s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...you don't need to use the word "the" at all... be creative...
Ex... "the" quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs back".
..."how wonderful to see that fox, jumping over that lazy dog"
or..."is it time for THE show"... then try this... I feel it's almost time...will "it" (descriptive pronoun) begin soon...?
The word "the" is like the "the" word "GOT"... it's just a way to be grammatically lazy...
2007-11-12 10:28:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not good at english or grammar so, just use the word the when ever you think you should. That is what I do.
Oh, by the way, thanks for the 10 points in advance!
2007-11-12 10:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
for correct usage of the article "THE" replace all occasions where you use the article "DA" instead.
2007-11-12 10:29:46 · answer #10 · answered by Beenie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pronounce the word 'the' as 'dee' when it is placed next to a word with the vowel as the first letter.
o_o
2007-11-12 10:31:27 · answer #11 · answered by Jessica Dior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋