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before a countable noun mentioned for the first time. This shows that the listener or the reader doesn’t know what we are referring to. sākt mācīties
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I watched a car as it came up our road. The car stopped outside our house and a man got out.
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before the name of many places (usually buildings) that we go to: sākt mācīties
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the cinema, the theatre, the opera, the circus, the beach, the station
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before the name of the family, dynasty sākt mācīties
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before the name of the musical instrument sākt mācīties
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the piano, the guitar, the flute
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before the official title of the person if their name is not given at the same time sākt mācīties
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" the king, the queen, the prince, the president, the Pope but Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles (NAME!)"
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But: when a proper noun is used in possessive form, no article is used: sākt mācīties
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Eistein’s theory of relativity, Broca’s area, Wegener’s hypothesis...
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30 miles a (or to the) gallon
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What time do you leave home?
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name of the place has a name of the person or a place sākt mācīties
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Victoria Station, Kennedy Airport Oxford University London Zoo Buckingham Palace, but the White House the Royal Palace (ADJECTIV)
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Names composed on common nouns plus proper noun sākt mācīties
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the Dominion of Canada, the New York City, the United States
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Names of academic subjects sākt mācīties
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mathematics, biology, history, computer science
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names of airports and stations sākt mācīties
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"Waterloo Station, Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport"
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Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank, but The Bank of England (OF!!!)
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Tower Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Westminster Bridge, London Bridge
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The Empire State Building
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names of castles, palaces and parks sākt mācīties
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names of castles, palaces and parks
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The English Channel, The Gulf of Mexico, The Straight of Giblaltar
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St John’s Church, St Paul’s Church (named after saints)
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London, Miami, but The Hague
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Italy, France, but The USA, the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines (...)
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Names of geographical areas sākt mācīties
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the Middle East, the West, the Near East
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the Hilton, the Station Hotel, but: Claridge’s, Brown's (named after people...)
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a headache, a sore throat, (a) cold, (a) backache / (a) stomach-ache / (a) toothache / (an) earache, (the)measles, (the) mumps, shingles, (the) flu, gout, hepatitis, (high) blood pressure
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the Hawaiian Islands, the Hebrides, or the Canary Islands **but singl island without the
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Coney Island, Key West, Long Island **but island chains: the
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John is a doctor. But I’d better go to see the doctor. (we mean “ our” doctor)
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Lake Titicaca, Lake Macbride, Lake Geneva, Exception: a group of lakes like the Great Lakes, and the Lake of Constance, the Lake of Lucerne
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breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea, supper but + adjectiv a big lunch, We're meeting for lunch tomorrow. I had a big lunch today.
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names of museums, galleries sākt mācīties
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the British Museum, the Tate Gallery
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"the British, the Dutch, the English, the French, the Irish, the Welsh. But: (the) Germans (german+s), (the) Americans (American+s)"
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Chinese, English, Spanish, Russian
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the Times, the Washington Post, the Evening Standard
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names of places, buildings etc. with of sākt mācīties
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"The Bank of England, the Great Wall of China, The Houses of Parliament, the Museum of Modern Art, The Tower of London"
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names of points on the globe sākt mācīties
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the Equator, the North Pole
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names of ranges of mountains sākt mācīties
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the Andes, the Alps, the Rockies or unusual names like the Matterhorn but single montains without the
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names of RESTAURANTS / PUBS sākt mācīties
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the Bombay Restaurant, the Red Lion (pub) but Maxim’s, Macdonald’s, Luigi’s Restaurant -are named after people who started them, so no article
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Mount Everest, Mont Blanc, Bear Mountain but ranges: the
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Fifth Avenue, Washington Blvd., Main St., Sheppard Rd., Broadway, Main Street, Oxford Street, Oxford Cirkus but: The Mall, The High Street
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names of the period in history sākt mācīties
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the Middle Ages, the Regan era, the Dark Ages
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the Palace Theatre, the National Theatre, the Globe Theatre
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Names of theories, effects, devices, scales, and so on modified by a proper noun used as an adjective: sākt mācīties
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the Doppler effect, the Hubble telescope, the Kelvin scale.
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Yale University, Columbia University, Oxford University **but Exception: of-forms the University of Michigan, the University of Hawaii
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