definite article in English
Adjectives that refer to people are sometimes introduced by the definite article the or by a possessive pronoun.
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1. In the second instance, however, the·osʹ has no definite article.
2. Used with the definite article (The Cyclades), unless some islands are specified
3. Start studying Correspondencias Select the definite article that Corresponds to each noun.
4. In linguistic interlinear glossing, Articles are abbreviated as ART Types of Articles Definite article
5. Her stage name is a combination of her given name with the Arabic definite article.
6. Work on memorizing the characteristic British syntax and grammar, such as the dropping of a definite article.
7. In languages having a definite Article, the lack of an Article specifically indicates that the noun is indefinite
8. For this reason, Articles are divided into two categories: the definite Article, the, and the indefinite Articles, a and an
9. The Koine Greek language had a definite article (“the”), but it did not have an indefinite article (“a” or “an”).
10. 4 Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.
11. Examples of Clitics are the pronoun 'em in I see 'em and the definite article in French l'arme, "the arm."
12. The Gospel of John was written in Koine, or common Greek, which has specific rules regarding the use of the definite article.
13. On analysis, Bardet asserted that this title corresponds “in every respect to the Greek usage of employing the [definite] article for the names of people.”
14. By contrast, we cAn use the definite article the with ALL nouns: the dog, the eggs, the big men, the music, the food, the red wine
15. By contrast, we can use the definite Article the with ALL nouns: the dog, the eggs, the big men, the music, the food, the red wine
16. From Yiddish Alter kaker from German (vulgar and derogatory) Alter Kacker old man (also with masculine definite article, der Alte Kacker) from Alter, weak masculine singular of alt + Kacker (vulgar) despicable person, especially denoting a man.
17. The is called the definite Article because it usually precedes a specific or previously mentioned noun; a and an are called indefinite Articles because they are used to refer to something in a less specific manner (an unspecified count noun)
18. Alligator (n.) 1560s, "large carnivorous reptile of the Americas," lagarto, aligarto, a corruption of Spanish el lagarto (de Indias) "the lizard (of the Indies)," from Latin lacertus (see lizard), with Spanish definite article el, from Latin ille (see le)
19. Listing and Alphabetizing Rules Page 9 of 21 Articles, Prepositions and Conjunctions The definite article (The) is generally omitted from directory listings when it is the first word, except in cases where it is necessary for identification purposes or is specifically requested by the customer.
20. Harner brought out that the grammatical construction in John 1:1 involves an anarthrous predicate, that is, a predicate noun without the definite article “the,” preceding the verb, which construction is primarily qualitative in meaning and indicates that “the logos has the nature of theos.”
21. Usage notes When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the'', and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective.It can also occur before a cardinal as in ''the Aforementioned two papers'' instead of ''the two Aforementioned …
22. Usage notes When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the'', and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective.It can also occur before a cardinal as in ''the Aforementioned two papers'' instead of ''the two Aforementioned …
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24. The Below vs The following--The word, "Below," properly functions only as a preposition or an adverb, neither of which can take the definite article, "the." However, the word, "following" can function as a noun or an adjective, both which can be combined correctly with "the."
25. N. An unstressed word, typically a function word, that is incapable of standing on its own and attaches in pronunciation to a stressed word, with which it forms a single accentual unit. Examples of Clitics are the pronoun 'em in I see 'em and the definite article in French l'arme, "the arm."
26. Benzoin (n.) balsamic resin obtained from a tree (Styrax benzoin) of Indonesia, 1560s (earlier as bengewine, 1550s), from French Benjoin (16c.), which comes via Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian from Arabic luban jawi "incense of Java" (actually Sumatra, but the Arabs confused the two), with lu probably mistaken in Romance languages for a definite article.
27. Other writers have derived the word from the Arabic particle al (the definite article), and gerber, meaning "man." Since, however, Geber happened to be the name of a celebrated Moorish philosopher who flourished in about the 11th or 12th century, it has been supposed that he was the founder of Algebra, which has since perpetuated his name.
28. We quote Professor Moule: “In John 20:28 Ho kýrios mou kai ho theós mou [that is, My Lord and my God], it is to be noted that a substantive [like God] in the Nominative case used in a vocative sense [in address to Jesus] and followed by a possessive [of me] could not be anarthrous [that is, without the definite article the] . . . ; the article [the] before theós may, therefore, not be significant. . . . the use of the article [the] with a virtual Vocative (compare John 20:28 referred to above, and 1 Peter 2:18, Colossians 3:18ff.) may also be due to Semitic idiom.”—Pages 116, 117, of An Idiom-Book of New Testament Greek, by C.