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RonnieThe Definite Article: When to use “the” with abstract nouns in English
The definite article (the) confuses many English learners. It can be difficult to know when the needs to be used with abstract nouns like “love” and “happiness”. In other situations, it might be unclear if the noun is abstract or not. In this advanced English grammar lesson, we will review some of the situations and figure out how to use this important grammatical tool.
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