Articles - when to use 'the' | English Grammar Lesson | B2-Upper Intermediate

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I´m sorry, I don´t understand very well the excercise number 5(11:05) "It seems that 'the' current inflation has hit 'the' unemployed hard", what is the rule? Current inflation and unemployed are not as things in general? Thank you.

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The word 'current' makes the noun 'inflation' into a specific one: the inflation we are experiencing now. 'the unemployed' is like 'the elderly', 'the rich', 'the poor'.

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Dear Anglo-Link Thanks a lot for your lessons I have a question please Why when we make the abbreviation to "The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation" we say NATO and when we make the abbreviation to "The European Union" we say The EU. ("we do not omit "the )

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+‫فاروق الكردي‬‎ 'NATO' is an acronym and forms a word similar to a name. That's why 'the' is dropped. Other examples are OPEC and UNESCO.

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Thank you! There' usually no 'the ' before an acronym (NATO, NASA), but there's one before an abbreviation (the UN, the IMF). As for your second question, you will find your answer here: forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst205276_I-am-at-the-dentist-dentist-s-now-.aspx

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Hi!The lesson is really great and gives a lot of comprehensive information on this topic. 1.Is there a rule to determine whether an organisation needs the article or not?Or you need to remember all of them? 2. Could you please explain why we put 'the' before 'current inflation' in the exercise #5?

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+Vasily Sarantsev Hello Vasily, I'm glad you've liked the lesson. 1. I haven't been able to deduce a rule so far. Like any name, it is a bit arbitrary. 2. You need 'the' here because we're talking about a specific inflation i.e. the current one. If we were talking about inflation in general, we wouldn't need it, e.g. 'High inflation can severely hurt businesses.'

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Thank you! There is no reason. It's an exception.

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You can use "the" in front of jail... church... prison if you speak about a place that you went but not for the reasons that place is operating.. i. e I went to the prison to bring him cookies... I saw the church where he sang as a little boy.

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It's the distinction between 'taking part', as it were, in some kind of event there; and describing the building or person's location. "He's at church" suggests he is actually taking part in a service. "He's in the church" is simply describing his location. It's rather obvious English is very much a hybrid language isn't it?

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So if I get it right then if Samantha is a teacher I should say " Samantha is at school " with out THE because she is a part of this facility ?

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Hi, Can you explain why in he sentence " Everest is the highest mountain on Earth " we don't use definite article before Earth. It's the only one like the sun, the moon?

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Irene Fedorova first the earth is one of a kind ,and also it can't be plural for example we can say suns or moons ,but we can't say earths. note: I said " the earth" in my explanation " why?" because it is mentioned for the second time " yours and mine"

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+Irene Fedorova 'earth' is a tricky one. As Ahmad says, you will see it with both 'the' and without. If you say 'the earth', you are referring to the one in our solar system. The same goes for 'the sun' or 'the moon'. If you say 'Earth', you are using the word as the name of our planet, the same as 'Mercury' or 'Venus'. You cannot use 'sun' and 'moon' as names because there are other 'suns' and 'moons'.

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Dear prof, might I trouble you for a question ? I Know that point. If I say : I am in Hospital ( meaning I'm a patient o receiving an action ); I'm in the hospital ( I'm a Doctor or giving an action); I am in prison ( I'm a prisoner or convict ); I'm in the prison ( I'm a guard, warden), I'm in school (I'm a student) I'm in the school ( I'm a teacher). About well-known bulding I have to say: The Big Bend, The Marble Arch or Big Bend , Marble Arch ( UK Landmarks) Am I wrong ? Thank You

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Hello Andrea, 1. Yes, you are right about point 1, although when you use 'the', it doesn't necessarily mean that you work in that place. You can also be a visitor. 2. These are names of landmarks, therefore there's no article before them.

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Hi Mam, I have a doubt in the exercises, which you presented in this video. My doubt at the first one : He used to play volleyball when he was in secondary school. Can we use 'The' before secondary school ? Could you please suggest me?

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That's a great lesson. Thank you so much. But I got a question in excercise number 7 if I were you, I wouldn't read the daily mail. Why 'the' before daily mail? Is 'daily mail' refer in general?

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Thank you, Aelia! 'The Daily Mail' is the name of a daily newspaper in the U.K.

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Hi! Is the reason why you used "the" in the exercise two that the "Netherlands" has a plural noun in it?

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+Ekaterina Fedorova That's right, Ekaterina. Countries that have plural names usually take 'the'.

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Thanks! for the good information about article, I have one confusion we often use "THE" article in between with the sentence as "have a look on the examples below" or sometimes with plural like the students etc. .... is saying "the students" or "of the students" is still correct?

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Please correct me if I am wrong, but since EU is a acronym we should use ‘EU’ instead of ‘The EU’?

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+chanyeol lover You're welcome. I'm glad you've enjoyed this lesson.

[@roozmin100]

I cannot link this title 'Saving children from life on the streets' to one of the categories you mentioned. Why 'the streets' while it is a general word?

[@antoniomelendezrodriguez5436]

Very useful class! Thanks a lot, miss. I have a doubt, Can we say:" Is the Netherlands...?"(Since we´re talking in plural), or we should say: "Are the Netherlands...?"

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

You're welcome, Antonio. Although the name of the country is plural, the verb is singular because it refers to a single entity.

[@antoniomelendezrodriguez5436]

Ok! It´s clear now. Regards!

[@ahmedalhasmi6785]

thank you !

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

You're welcome!

[@camiladillon5346]

I have a question about centuries. What is the rule? Do we always need to use the? or Wnen your are describing an object and you mentioned it for the first time like you cannot use the: I inherited a sixteenth century painting ? is that correct? I apologize for all the mistakes.

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

Yes, if you use it as an adjective to describe an object, you cans use a / an: This was painted in THE sixteenth century. >> It is A sixteenth century painting.

[@SAIFULISLAM-vt3ju]

thank you, I watched many videos on article but no other is as helpful as this.

[@AngloLinkEnglish]

Excellent! I'm glad this has been helpful to you.