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Discover Ludwig"definite article" is a correctly formed phrase in written English.
It is used as a descriptor for words like "the", which are used to refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea. For example, "The dog barked at the mailman" uses the definite article "the" to refer to a specific dog, rather than any dog.
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definite article
noun
An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the.
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Spot the missing definite article?
Al-, Arabic definite article, meaning "the".
It alone deserves a loaded definite article.
The definite article can go either way.
It dropped the definite article long ago.
Don't get artistic with the definite article.
That being the definite article and so forth.
What have the arts got against the definite article?
Since when did any American add the definite article to "Lincoln Center"?
The US release explicitly adds the definite article to the title.
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